Example sentences for: polygamy

How can you use “polygamy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Utah was not allowed to enter the Union until long after it had achieved the minimum requirements for statehood (1896) because Americans at the time abhorred the Mormon practice of polygamy (called plural marriage in Latter-day English).

  • In the late nineteenth century, the problem was whether the Mormon practice of polygamy should be regarded as protected as liberty and the free expression of religious conviction.

  • Styles of Polygamy

  • This is basically a covert, and mild, form of polygamy: High-status males get to monopolize more than one fertile woman.

  • To be sure, men may be tempted to philander on the side, even to fall in love with a second woman; they are more inclined than women to both infidelity and polygamy.


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