clique

Example Sentences

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Set in a Dallas shopping mall, “Forbidden Fruits” revolves around an elite clique of retail employees who run a witches’ coven out of the basement of their boho boutique Free Eden.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Miller was popular in the sense that she was part of a clique and had social status, but her former classmates said that popularity shouldn’t be confused with being well liked.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

In Los Angeles, she had a close-knit circle of friends called the "Kitties", according to Marquez, which was a clique of mostly female friends who liked to throw parties - attended by celebrities.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

There was even one clique of girls—Rosemary called them “the Snubs”—who never spoke to her, though three were in her Hebrew class and one was actually Rosemary’s cousin.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen