cliquey

Example Sentences

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“It’s really unusual. It helps support the idea of ‘come show us what you got’ rather than something that’s just cliquey, like at other venues.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Ski retreats can be cliquey affairs, says Robyn Rogers, a former logistics engineer for a government contractor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The checkmark has indeed become a cliquey high school status signifier for tons of accounts, but it’s also a tool meant to make Twitter a more trusty purveyor of information.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2022

Electric Recording’s prices have drawn head-scratching through the cliquey world of high-end vinyl producers.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2020

She was utterly unprepared for her first pep rally, for all those fanatical cheers, all those arms pumping so frantically up and down, and she found the girls cliquey and obsessed with appearance.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger