How to Use harem in a Sentence

harem

noun

• But the hippo harem lifestyle means that females stay close to home.
  — Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, 13 July 2018
• Bosses who treat their workplaces as their harems are, among other things, lazy.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2017
• At some point, a smaller riad was annexed to the larger one and used as a harem.
  — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
• Genghis Khan’s sons may have followed in their father’s footsteps and had large harems.
  — Laura Clark, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
• This family needs time to bond and figure their harem dynamics out.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2021
• Her wavy brown locks went perfect with the glittery harem pants and silver accessories.
  — Teryn Payne, Teen Vogue, 27 Aug. 2017
• Poiret’s aesthetic was more aligned with the languor of a fictional harem.
  — Vogue, 30 Jan. 2018
• Sneaking up on a pronghorn buck that’s trying to keep his harem in order is fun in the way that fifth-grade dodgeball was fun.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 14 Nov. 2020
• During the fall rut period, elk are highly social and stay in large harem groups out in open areas.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2019
• So there is this fascination with the idea of an Oriental harem.
  — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• The buck was pacing the edges of the harem, keeping the does in some order that seemed to make sense to him, as a sheep dog would a band of ewes.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 14 Nov. 2020
• Aaron Sorkin was watching in his posh pad with a harem that included Olivia Munn.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2021
• Striped skunks are polygamous, with some males having a harem of several females.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 27 Oct. 2020
• On shore, a group of females, officially known as a harem, was clustered; one flipped sand onto her body to keep cool.
  — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
• When the settlement turned out to be more like a harem — and the harem’s shelter a roofless plywood box — Zahra fled.
  — Jennifer Reese, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
• The image is that of young preppy sultans in a harem of Junior Leaguers.
  — William Stadiem, Town & Country, 2 Aug. 2016
• Dominant bull elk require a harem of females, ranging from 5 to 90 at a time.
  — Fox News, 21 May 2022
• Amenhotep did build a harem, but his relationship with Tiye was different from the start.
  — National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2020
• In earlier times, autumn bugling would attract a harem of suitors, when more than a dozen cows would congregate to feed and mate.
  — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
• During the fall rutting season, bulls will separate from each other and seek out cows, which remain in harems (groups).
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
• Koresh also maintained a harem of women and girls, some as young as 12, and sired at least a dozen children.
  — Paul Renfro, The New Republic, 31 Jan. 2023
• Having harems was mostly a custom of the elite, who could afford residences large enough to seclude women from men.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
• Because elk are social animals, forming large herds and seasonal harems, the bull must have had a sense of its solitude.
  — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
• She was completely brainwashed by Raniere, and became part of a harem of women who serviced his every need.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
• Elephant seals are polygamous and have harems, and the strongest male seals can breed with dozens, or up to 100, female seals.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
• Locals in Wiseman offered that this musk ox might be a lone bull driven from the rest by a more dominant one who stayed north with his harem.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
• An action-adventure romance set in a harem at the beginning of the end of the Mughal Empire.
  — Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 22 July 2019
• For instance, if there are several animals in the area, maybe a bull elk and a harem of cows, there may be hoof prints running haphazardly.
  — Tom Keer, Field & Stream, 15 Jan. 2020
• Stewart, who is also a Chanel spokesmodel, was dressed in white sheer Chanel harem pants and crop top from the recent resort collection.
  — Chrissy Rutherford, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2014
• Making a mental note of the bull’s location and the number of cows in its harem, Van Ballenberghe sets down his binoculars.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Oct. 2022