How to Use plural marriage in a Sentence

plural marriage

noun
  • However, that all changed when their plural marriage began falling apart in the years since.
    — Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • However, that all changed when their plural marriage began falling apart in the years since.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Brigid, a Catholic, is ambivalent about plural marriage.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
  • My strengths, my independence came from plural marriage.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Christine was the first to leave the plural marriage in November 2021.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The plan was to build individual homes on the separate plots so the families could all live close to each other, but that changed as the plural marriage began to fall apart.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
  • However, due to financial issues and multiple wives deciding to leave the plural marriage, that plan unraveled.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Before their plural marriage fell apart in the years since then, the group’s plan for Coyote Pass was to build several homes there so their families could all live close to each other.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In recent years, viewers have watched as Kody’s plural marriage with Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn Brown fell apart.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Following Smoot’s lead, the church embraced the trappings of American patriotism and doubled down against plural marriage.
    — Konden Smith Hansen, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The decision left a huge strain on the family, and eventually Christine left the plural marriage in November 2021.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Janelle, who was the second of four wives in ex-Kody Brown’s plural marriage, purchased the 156-acre property with her daughter Maddie and son-in-law Caleb Brush.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Along with Christine, the other wives in the Brown family’s plural marriage at the time — Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Robyn Brown — were expected to make the move as well, along with most of their 18 children that make up the entire family.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • While Short Creek—spanning Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona—remained a community shaped by FLDS beliefs, including plural marriage, there was no unified leadership structure.
    — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Brown welcomed a total of 18 children during his time in a plural marriage with his three former wives — Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Christine Brown, who split from Kody in 2021 and 2022 — and current wife Robyn Brown.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025

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