How do you use Polygamous in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bigamous or polyandrous, plus the exact meaning.
Polygamous in a sentence
Polygamous meaning
- Of, relating to, or practicing polygamy.
- Exhibiting polygamy.
Synonyms of Polygamous
Using Polygamous
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, relating to, or practicing polygamy. | Exhibiting polygamy.
- Useful related words include: bigamous, polyandrous, polygynous, monogamous.
- In the example corpus, polygamous often appears in combinations such as: polygamous marriage, in polygamous, polygamous family.
Context around Polygamous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Polygamous
- In this selection, "polygamous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, church, once, utah, family, marriage and sect stand out and add context to how "polygamous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and every polygamous general authority and as a polygamous family unit. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "polygamous" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with polygamous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The once-polygamous father of 18 suffered three divorces in the last three years. (14 words)
In addition, most Mormon polygamists and every polygamous general authority continued to co-habit with their polygamous wives. (18 words)
After Christine's departure from her polygamous marriage in November 2021, her fellow 'sister wife' Janelle followed suit. (18 words)
The mother of six noted that in her church, polygamous women can leave, as they're, Christine did say that a woman needs to go through the proper channels, adding that she hasn't been a member of the AUB for a long time. (44 words)
We’ve been here before, the story of a Zulu man, in love with two women, trying to keep two women happy in a polygamous marriage with Nkuzi; Sbonelo’s father and it was adventurous and unpredictable. (37 words)
Two Salt Lake City biodiesel executives linked to a polygamous group will stay in jail after prosecutors argued they could flee to Turkey if released ahead of trial in an alleged $511 million tax credit scheme. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
In addition, most Mormon polygamists and every polygamous general authority continued to co-habit with their polygamous wives.
After Christine's departure from her polygamous marriage in November 2021, her fellow 'sister wife' Janelle followed suit.
The mother of six noted that in her church, polygamous women can leave, as they're, Christine did say that a woman needs to go through the proper channels, adding that she hasn't been a member of the AUB for a long time.
The TLC network knew they had a hit on their hands when they met the polygamous family who hailed from Lehi, Utah.
While Janelle, Christine, and Meri may want nothing to do with Kody, they share children and close ties with each other through the many years they functioned as a polygamous family unit.
Garrison had been a familiar face on the reality show since 2010, a show that delves into the polygamous life led by his 55-year-old father, Kody.
The father of 18 explained that in their church if a polygamous husband wants to stay faithful and remain in the religion, he cannot request a divorce.
The once-polygamous father of 18 suffered three divorces in the last three years.
A defense attorney on Thursday placed the blame for the multimillion-dollar Washakie Renewable Energy fraud on the company’s CEO, Jacob Kingston, and the Utah polygamous sect to which he belongs.
Despite warning signs, Nonka (Thuthuka Mthembu) blindly agrees to get into a polygamous marriage with Sibonelo (Wiseman Ncube).
Flood waters also killed a dozen people in a polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border that year.
I think that it’s great that Utah’s trying to address that we do have a polygamy problem, but I think we need to address the deeper problems in these polygamous cults, first.
It seems that the problem is not only that the Eucharist is being celebrated in homes rather than designated parishes throughout the Archdiocese, but also because it is being celebrated in polygamous homes.
That was important, she said, because Kingston already had committed fraud and because he belonged to a polygamous sect called the Davis County Cooperative Society, also known as the Kingston Group or The Order.
We’ve been here before, the story of a Zulu man, in love with two women, trying to keep two women happy in a polygamous marriage with Nkuzi; Sbonelo’s father and it was adventurous and unpredictable.
The Ogun state Indigene, who believes men her polygamous by nature, also revealed she is from a Muslim background.
Two Salt Lake City biodiesel executives linked to a polygamous group will stay in jail after prosecutors argued they could flee to Turkey if released ahead of trial in an alleged $511 million tax credit scheme.
While growing up, I had this mentality that too much of comfort is deadly and coming from a polygamous family made it tougher.
Gathoni Wa Muchomba, a female lawmaker in Kenya, has recently urged the richer men of the population to be polygamous.
He loved the history of the place and he had enjoyed the fact that it was once a polygamous family though his mind about his place was so interchangeable.
Common combinations with polygamous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: