seraglio

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of seraglio Kendall also participates in a toga party and is entertained by a provocative belly dancer in a male seraglio. J. Hoberman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 Despite Miller’s visual panache — when’s the last time a seraglio was depicted on the big screen? — these anecdotes are ultimately as unsatisfying as Campion’s Dog. Armond White, National Review, 7 Sep. 2022 The film, which was to be called In the Sultan’s Power, involved a dashing American traveler who rescues a young Frenchwoman from the seraglio of a diabolical Turkish nobleman. Longreads, 15 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seraglio
Noun
  • The unique cultural makeup of Cádiz—with its famous Moorish alcazar, with its echoes of Arab-Andalusian culture playing alongside Spanish Catholic aesthetics—and its quiet way of life have been a steady guide for Judeline as she’s found her artistic voice and its visual direction.
    E.R. Pulgar, SPIN, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Lex’s bad-guy crew raids the hero’s Fortress of Solitude in Antarctica and discovers a hidden message from his mom and dad telling him to use his powers to take over Earth and even have a harem of wives.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 July 2025
  • Every red-blooded American male has no doubt fantasized about what went on in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom with his harem of blond bombshells.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • While the frequent visits from Portuguese, Dutch, British and Indian peoples is reflected in the various churches, Hindu temples, colonial mansions, Buddhist stupas the food has been heavily impacted.
    Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • When rising star Bella is found dead at the open house of a coveted $50M mansion, everyone becomes a suspect in this dark comedy.
    Peter White, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Stay at a standalone villa big enough for everyone, or a small resort with all the services.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But festivalgoers, who paid thousands of dollars for luxury villas and gourmet meals, arrived to find the site incomplete and in chaos — mattresses in disaster tents, luggage tossed from trucks and no major acts willing to perform.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The verdict established that a home is a castle, no matter what color the royalty within.
    Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of dreary Danish castles, the action unfolds in boardrooms, mansions and wedding halls in contemporary London and the verse is delivered by a primarily South Asian cast.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Seraglio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seraglio. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on seraglio

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!