clique

Example Sentences

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But the standout character is "queen bee" Regina, head of the Plastics clique and the meanest of the mean girls.

From BBC

So they focus on the people, who are quite the colorful clique of keglers.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the brutal terrain of female cliques, beauty remains a potent, if unreliable, weapon — one which Amos, her grin a glistening pink, wryly acknowledges and critiques.

From Salon

The review revealed there were two main "cliques'" operating in the unit, engaging in tit-for-tat reporting of each other's behaviours.

From BBC

Most didn’t stay in one place for long but instead formed temporary cliques based on the games they played.

From Los Angeles Times