How to Use "matriarchal" with Example Sentences

1. In resident-type whales , they 're basically matriarchal societies , where the females are the center of the social structures .

2. Female elephants live together in a matriarchal clan , consisting of a mother with her grown-up daughters and all of their offspring .

3. Their society is predominantly matriarchal . They even have a sense of culture , passing information from one generation to the next .

4. Young elephants are raised within a matriarchal family of doting female caregivers , beginning with the birth mother and then branching out to include sisters , cousins , aunts , grandmothers , and established friends .