cliquish

Example Sentences

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As sommeliers became superstars, developing a cliquish and competitive New York culture, he preferred to keep his distance.

From New York Times

“I started to see cliques. The NRA’s inner circle is very cliquish. That’s one thing if you are doing a good job, but then I started to see money unaccounted for, wasteful spending.”

From The Guardian

Pavone said he knows that Renton can be cliquish, but “all you have to do is show up” to feel included, he added.

From Seattle Times

We’re quick to tell kids to stand up to bullies, to intervene and call others out on the playground or elsewhere when bullying and cliquish behavior occurs.

From Salon

Along with several others in the small and cliquish exile community, they produced programs and songs in Thailand's "luk thung" country music style that they posted online.

From Fox News