clannish

Example Sentences

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The model relies on a dramatic shift in relations among officers and prisoners, two historically warring factions in a system built on clannish gamesmanship for survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

And considering what we know about the clannish nature of Westerosi society, why would the rank and file rally behind a king whose family members are now technically foreigners?

From Slate • May 21, 2019

The characters in this movie — as in a lot of Farr’s other scripts — are clannish, and fiercely protective of their own territory.

From The Verge • Mar. 29, 2019

James grew up in a public-housing project in South Boston, known as Southie, a clannish community of 30,000, mostly Irish-American, across a narrow waterway from downtown Boston.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2018

They were clannish, responding to the harshness and turmoil of their environment by forming tight family bonds and placing loyalty to blood above all else.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell