How to Use polygamy in a Sentence

polygamy

noun
  • Husbands don’t go to the doghouse in polygamy.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Monogamy might have emerged as the best way to reduce the effort of polygamy.
    — Blake Edgar, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
  • Nash wields in constructing a small but powerful work on polygamy.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • How are the terms polyamory and ethical non-monogamy different from polygamy and polyandry?
    — Eve Ettinger, Health.com, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The Bedouin birthrate, among the highest in the world, has been increased by the practice of polygamy.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 6 June 2018
  • Mykelti and Ysabel weren't the only children who have had second thoughts about polygamy.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The polygamy of Mormonism’s second prophet, Brigham Young, is well known.
    — and David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The brothers then joined the School of the Prophets movement, which practiced polygamy.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 14 May 2022
  • Utah could decriminalize polygamy for the first time in 85 years.
    — Talal Ansari, WSJ, 20 Feb. 2020
  • One of the victim's relatives said some members practice polygamy.
    — Madeline Holcombe and Holly Yan, CNN, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The pair attempt to adapt to life as a monogamous couple, leaving polygamy behind.
    — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
  • In small towns, men often have multiple partners — both male and female — and polygamy is common.
    — Adam Williams, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The show includes stories from survivors and ex-members of the polygamy-practicing group.
    — James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Brazil, like many countries, outlaws bigamy and polygamy but civil unions between more than two people are not unheard of there.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 24 May 2018
  • Many separatists came to the region and left the church to continue practicing polygamy decades ago.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez and Kristin Lam, azcentral, 6 Nov. 2019
  • So eternal polygamy, which the faith has not deep-sixed, will, according to church doctrine, stand firm in the celestial realm.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The bill would make polygamy an infraction, amending the current penalty punishable by up to five years in prison.
    — Ella Torres, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • But the church disavowed polygamy in 1890 and today condemns the practice.
    — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The maximum sentence for polygamy under the region's criminal code is five years in prison.
    — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 28 June 2018
  • The show includes stories from survivors and former members of the polygamy-practicing group.
    — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The group is an offshoot of mainstream Mormonism, which disavowed polygamy more than 100 years ago.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, The Seattle Times, 10 July 2017
  • The group is an offshoot of mainstream Mormonism, which disavowed polygamy more than 100 years ago.
    — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 16 June 2017
  • The group is an offshoot of mainstream Mormonism, which disavowed polygamy more than 100 years ago.
    — Brady McCombs, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2017
  • An Indian man and head of a religious sect that practiced polygamy died on Sunday.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021
  • The polygamy of Mormonism’s second prophet-president, Brigham Young, is well known.
    — and David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The church abandoned polygamy in 1890, though some members continued to practice it.
    — Mark Stevenson, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The patriarch belonged to a Christian tribal sect that promotes polygamy as God's will.
    — Swati Gupta and Zamira Rahim, CNN, 14 June 2021
  • Members of The Work, like Zitting's parents, practice polygamy.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Ziona's grandfather founded the sect in 1942, allowing polygamy for men.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 14 June 2021
  • In the late 1800s, the debate over women’s suffrage was intertwined with polygamy in Utah.
    — Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 2021

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