Examples of “harem” in a Sentence

noun Historically, the private living quarters reserved for the women of a household, especially in a Muslim family, off-limits to men outside the family.

• The guide explained that only family members could enter the harem long ago.
• The museum shows what a harem looked like inside an old palace.
• The palace harem housed the sultan's wives and female relatives.

noun A group of a man's wives, girlfriends, or female companions collectively.

• Tabloids joked about the celebrity's so-called harem of admirers.

noun A group of female animals that mate with and are controlled by a single dominant male.

• A dominant bull elephant seal will guard a large harem of females on the beach.