CONCUBINE in a Sentence

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1. He had for his concubine a woman of the town, who died of a shock at the moment of his arrest.

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concubine
 n.  in certain societies, such as imperial China, a woman contracted to a man as a secondary wife, often having few legal rights and low social status
Classic Sentence:
1  He had for his concubine a woman of the town, who died of a shock at the moment of his arrest.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
2  Gently he insinuates his vast bulk among them again and revels there awhile, still in tantalizing vicinity to young Lothario, like pious Solomon devoutly worshipping among his thousand concubines.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.
Example Sentence:
1  The series, which centers on the schemes between Emperor Yongzheng's concubines during the Qing Dynasty, topped the China mainland TV drama ratings chart last year.