cliquish

Example Sentences

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To me, he was a hero in a cliquish school.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

The cliquish culture of private aviation is no friend to the climate, either.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

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

The mechanics of this makeshift community are different to those of every other friendship group I’ve been involved in as an adult: we’re very local, committed to everyone’s welfare, and open rather than cliquish.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 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)