How to Use monogamous in a Sentence

monogamous

adjective
  • Oh, and the startup has to be monogamous.
    — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Blue duikers are not monogamous, and each female gives birth to one calf at a time.
    — Dallas News, 16 June 2021
  • Some non-monogamous people hope that this will change in the future.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
  • Also, artists aren’t, for the most part, supposed to be monogamous.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Whether monogamous or not, the film suggests, humans will be humans.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But experts say polyamorous breakups aren't so different from monogamous ones.
    — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The pair attempt to adapt to life as a monogamous couple, leaving polygamy behind.
    — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
  • A lot of people would ask from a monogamous standpoint, Why isn’t there jealousy?
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • What a great learning curve for a monogamous girlie traversing the dating landscape.
    — Phoebe McIlwraith, refinery29.com, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The couple are monogamous, which is quite rare in the animal kingdom.
    — Hannah Thomasy, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Now, the two are happily monogamous.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
  • The laity were to be monogamous, the holy men celibate, and the actually divine would not even feel lust.
    — S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Yes, polyamorous relationships can end badly, but so can monogamous ones.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
  • Whether open or monogamous, all relationships are defined by rules.
    — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Beavers, who also are monogamous and mate for life, have a different strategy.
    — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Humans, on average, are more monogamous than meerkats but less monogamous than beavers.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Humans, on average, are more monogamous than meerkats but less monogamous than beavers.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Think college students who are monogamous during the school year, but date others when home for the holidays.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Think college students who are monogamous during the school year, but date others when home for the holidays.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • All couples and moresomes who are adults are welcome in the Dome – straight, lesbian, gay, bi, polyamorous and monogamous.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Stephen and Lucy are getting hot and heavy, but Stephen doesn’t want to be monogamous with her.
    — Keely Weiss, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Come for adventure, danger, monogamous penguin love, and those super-cute chicks.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Come for adventure, danger, monogamous penguin love, and those super-cute chicks.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And yes, Lemigova and Navratilova are monogamous.
    — James Factora, Them., 10 Oct. 2025
  • African penguins are monogamous, and typically have one partner for life.
    — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Not every person swimming laps in the dating pool is looking for a permanent monogamous life raft.
    — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Most people on this earth are far more comfortable in a monogamous relationship.
    — Rachel Rabbit White, ELLE, 5 May 2023
  • Harpy eagles are monogamous for life and will return to the same nest every two to three years to reproduce throughout their lifetime.
    — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • To have implied any certainty of lifelong monogamous bliss for her 20-somethings would have rung false.
    — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
  • They’re typically born in clutches of five to seven eggs to monogamous parents.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2024

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