cliquish

Example Sentences

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To me, he was a hero in a cliquish school.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

They claim accountant-verified objectivity but often appear cliquish and stuck in industry bubbles.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2023

The cliquish culture of private aviation is no friend to the climate, either.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

In 2015, after a number of departures, Fortune published an article in which former employees complained about a cliquish, “mean girls” corporate culture.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018

It was a rather cliquish society, worked with more favour than fairness, and was principally among those girls whose homes lay near to the school.

From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Davis, Stanley