Explore Clique through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like coterie or ingroup. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Clique meaning
- A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
- A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
- A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
Using Clique
- The main meaning on this page is: A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal. | A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph. | A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
- Useful related words include: coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack.
- In the example corpus, clique often appears in combinations such as: clique of, the clique, his clique.
Context around Clique
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clique
- In this selection, "clique" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sailors, deputy, sometimes, energy, ish and managed stand out and add context to how "clique" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a small clique based in and and a clique of rosy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clique" sits close to words such as abstractions, accosted and adair, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clique
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They are out to depose the clique in power. (9 words)
The clique will not be able to sustain their lies……. (10 words)
It was unclear whether the CBI had spelt out the “clique’s” motive. (13 words)
Addressing a meeting of the federal cabinet, the prime minister without mentioning the name of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led recent onslaught on the federal capital, said that repeated attacks by a clique of miscreants had forced them to rethink. (41 words)
Ariana Grande is good, too, as Glinda, the pampered entry-level witch and social clique bait of Shiz University, both repelled by and attracted to the intriguing magnetism and enviable sorcery of her green-toned roommate. (36 words)
It features Elphaba as a talented girl arriving at a magical college, only to be bullied by Glinda and a clique of rosy-cheeked sycophants because she happens to have been born with green skin. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A serving Senator from one of the southwest states said Ngelale’s position was not his personal opinion but that of the clique around the president.
Contreras-Avalos and Flores-Reyes were leaders of MS-13’s Sailors Clique, a branch that holds territory in Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Texas and El Salvador, according to prosecutors.
It was unclear whether the CBI had spelt out the “clique’s” motive.
Logos of the Banditos deputy clique, which operated at the sheriff’s East L.A. Station, according to a past Loyola Law School report.
Mr Lever and his colleagues will hope that the tried and tested methods developed over more than a century will blend well with the newer technologies developed by Clique Energy.
So he is wary of the mainstream's embrace, as well as the sometimes clique-ish nature, of today's skateboarding world.
Through this, Hemedti and his clique managed to build international influence, and to enrich themselves massively in the process.
You’re right that it runs the risk of creating a clique, but I think that risk is minimal.
A dark satire of cheesy ‘80s teen comedies, follows a clique of rich high school girls who are picked off by Slater’s brooding outsider JD.
Addressing a meeting of the federal cabinet, the prime minister without mentioning the name of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led recent onslaught on the federal capital, said that repeated attacks by a clique of miscreants had forced them to rethink.
Ariana Grande is good, too, as Glinda, the pampered entry-level witch and social clique bait of Shiz University, both repelled by and attracted to the intriguing magnetism and enviable sorcery of her green-toned roommate.
Clique is a boutique hospitality and marketing company, founded by entrepreneur Andy Masi.
He added: "He's not a royal, but they're in that whole Hollywood clique, where people kind of look at them and roll their eyes.
It features Elphaba as a talented girl arriving at a magical college, only to be bullied by Glinda and a clique of rosy-cheeked sycophants because she happens to have been born with green skin.
Maybe that sounds like a clique, but it isn’t for us,” Raney-Norman said.
Our government has granted online platforms an enticement which has, in effect, deputized them as the crony clique’s information gatekeepers.
She hustles her way into the most powerful clique at Westerberg High, the Heathers.
The clique will not be able to sustain their lies…….
They are out to depose the clique in power.
For the most part, access to influence has been restricted to a small clique based in London and in some regions.
Common combinations with clique
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- clique of 14×
- the clique 7×
- his clique 4×
- by clique 3×
- clique but 3×
- clique at 3×
- sailors clique 2×
- clique which 2×
- clique is 2×
- and clique 2×