in-crowd
Example Sentences
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Stacy may have crushed on him first, but the sensible, lower-key Lydia has attracted him and can’t help but savor her newfound popularity with the elusive in-crowd.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023
In 1978’s “Grease,” she starred as the virginal Sandy Olsson, the new girl at Rydell High School circa 1959, taunted by the in-crowd for her shyness and prim apparel.
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022
His reputation among the Federalist Society in-crowd seems to have survived.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022
And, for poignancy’s sake, she features a couple of new-money in-crowd wannabes who wound up losing their life savings to Cotten’s company, Quadriga CX.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021
Looking back today, what Denise Bombardier recalls most about the exchange is the scathing reception she then got from the Paris literary in-crowd.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2020