[
US
/ˈkɫik/
]
[ UK /klˈiːk/ ]
[ UK /klˈiːk/ ]
NOUN
- 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.