menage

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Conversations With Friends asks whether it is possible to sustain authentic connections to people in the presence of flawed, overarching structures: capitalism, patriarchy, a devilish ménage à quatre.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2017

As the magnetic and impulsive Catherine, Moreau is the force at the center of Truffaut’s celebrated New Wave classic and the focal point of its Bohemian ménage a trois tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2017

The large family is a thing of the past, generally speaking, which is why such a ménage fascinates me: siblings competing for attention, being rancorous and rivalrous.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2016

So exalted was Lauren Bacall’s affair and subsequent ménage with Humphrey Bogart, it threatened at times to overshadow her acting career, as well as her other passions: for politics, literature and, yes, material possessions.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2015

It might get noised about that the Pontelliers had met with reverses, and were forced to conduct their ménage on a humbler scale than heretofore.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin