How to Use polyamorous in a Sentence

polyamorous

adjective
  • The problem wasn’t that Winter Hill guys were polyamorous.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • As is the case in Oates’s novel, the movie Monroe has a polyamorous tryst with two scions of Hollywood legends.
    Esther Zuckerman, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Remember that polyamorous people don't want to erase monogamy.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • Or is this coming from a true desire to build a polyamorous community in Austin?
    refinery29.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Or is this coming from a true desire to build a new polyamorous community?
    refinery29.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • For me, polyamorous relating is deeply connected to my love of Black people and my belief that there is more than enough love in the world for all of us.
    Dr. Jenn Jackson, Essence, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The band’s tongue-in-cheek lyrics touched on the importance of consent and the ease of juggling a polyamorous relationship with Google Calendar.
    oregonlive, 4 June 2023
  • Dear Carolyn: For the last three years, my adult daughter has been in a polyamorous relationship with a married couple.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
  • The bisexual polyamorous male protagonist as its lead sang out and won the readers' hearts at the Gaming Mag too.
    Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
  • According to reports, the three men were in a polyamorous relationship.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The pair have a polyamorous relationship, which is also a topic of discussion during the episode.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • One in nine have already had polyamorous relationships.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • And at the end of the day, of course, the benefits of a committed relationship are the same whether monogamous, polyamorous, legally recognized or not.
    Jenny Block, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2023
  • But since last March, the 29-year-old Virginian, who is bisexual and polyamorous, has tried to keep weeks-long windows between partners.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Writer William Marston lived in a polyamorous relationship with two women and his comics include a lot of gender swapping.
    Noah Berlatsky, CNN, 19 June 2021
  • Listen to podcasts, read books, give polyamorous creators a follow on social media.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • One of them is covered in tattoos; another is in a polyamorous relationship.
    Washington Post, 3 May 2022
  • Unless that person is polyamorous or has an open relationship with their partner in which both parties are on the same page and in agreement about what that means for them, this could be a big red flag.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Someone in a polyamorous relationship can have more than one relationship at a time.
    Varuna Srinivasan, Allure, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Seeking Brother Husband, much like Sister Wives, follows the unique lives of polyamorous families.
    Josie Howell | , al, 26 Mar. 2023
  • What makes Nick and Frances’s relationship distinctively not polyamorous is the mindset.
    Gabrielle Smith, Glamour, 16 May 2022
  • These terms are synonymous and ways to describe polyamorous relationships.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • Howie Winter did not approve of Whitey’s circus act, but said nothing about members of the gang engaging in polyamorous relationships.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Gwyneth Paltrow is sharing her thoughts on polyamorous relationships.
    Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Polygamous and polyamorous families were not our focus.
    The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Yes, polyamorous relationships can end badly, but so can monogamous ones.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
  • Polyamory—having more than one intimate relationship at once—is one way to practice ENM, but there are different types of polyamorous arrangements.
    Marie Southard Ospina, SELF, 28 July 2022
  • Pöysti plays a on-the-rise politician who, after stumbling upon her priest husband’s affair, starts considering life in a polyamorous relationship.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Dating, kissing and intimacy of all kinds are acceptable in these polyamorous relationships, which is where jealousy comes in.
    cleveland, 6 June 2022
  • While many polyamorous people keep their relationships with each partner separate, typically all members of a polycule are closely involved in each other’s lives, often even living in the same household.
    Varuna Srinivasan, Allure, 21 June 2024

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