clannish

Example Sentences

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Cal’s clannish neighbors aren’t the welcoming sort, but gradually some of them appear to warm to him, sharing stories and hard liquor at the village pub.

From Washington Times

For much of the world, Mr. Varadkar is a symbol of Ireland’s leap from its clannish, Catholic past to a tolerant, multiracial modernity.

From New York Times

We could relate it to the increase of clannish attitudes in political discourse and the disappearing concept of the “loyal opposition.”

From Washington Times

To Trump, the belief that Jews are foreign interlopers who use their wealth to serve their own clannish interests is not a negative — as it is for traditional anti-Semites — but rather a positive.

From Washington Post

Another Dead paradox: For decades, the culture surrounding the band remained astonishingly vast yet devoutly clannish — a balancing act that Animal Collective, despite dazzling attempts, never achieved with its following.

From Washington Post