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[ US /ˈkɫik/ ]
[ UK /klˈiːk/ ]
NOUN
  1. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

How To Use clique In A Sentence

  • This party seemed more tailored to a grown-up clique, so I did what all out-of-place people do, I ate all of their pumpkin pie and left early.
  • The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.
  • It was found that certain cliques of countries within the same geographic region, like Greece and Cyprus, are likely to vote similarly.
  • The ruling oligarchic clique in Moscow headed by Putin, actually, has been quite hostile to Byelorussia and Lukashenko. Belarus: That's enough democracy | Editorial
  • For one you don't have to wear ridiculous clothes and be cliquey.
  • His major concern is to strengthen his position and that of his clique in the French-orchestrated power-sharing deal.
  • The hopes of the people have been dashed too many times to believe that they can rid the country of the ruling clique with the ballot.
  • She had stopped to listen and offer words of advice, but the other members of that clique had stepped out of the shadows, laughing and jeering.
  • We may be about to witness the total eclipse of a domineering political clique after 13 years of unbridled power. The Sun
  • At university, Taylor had fallen in with a small clique of literature students.
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