cliquish
Example Sentences
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Her school’s faculty is cliquish and unwelcoming, and Penny often draws the ire of a few women who see her as a threat.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023
Had he been unaware of a sometimes cliquish and toxic office culture, with another top aide, Chief of Staff Ana Guerrero, dishing out Facebook insults against prominent politicos?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022
Comics are very cliquish, so you get in a clique with the people you think are funny.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2021
In 2015, after a number of departures, Fortune published an article in which former employees complained about a cliquish, “mean girls” corporate culture.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018
It was a rather cliquish society, worked with more favour than fairness, and was principally among those girls whose homes lay near to the school.
From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Davis, Stanley