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
Certainly plenty of spaces pay lip service to the idea of openness, but wind up feeling cliquish.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2019
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
He spoke of "society" being mixed in the neighbourhood and of the difficulty of getting people to work together, and "do" things; they were cliquish.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
