cliquey
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
Yet the movie’s real drama occurs not on the stairway to heaven, but in the terrestrial halls of high school, where Darby wears black clothing and sneers at her cliquey classmates.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022
Husslup is one of several companies trying to cure the entertainment industry of its cliquey hiring habits.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022
I went to a fairly cliquey college but developed a friendship with another girl outside of our cliques.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 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
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