How do you use Coterie in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like clique or ingroup, plus the exact meaning.
Coterie meaning
- A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
- A communal burrow of prairie dogs.
Using Coterie
- The main meaning on this page is: A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose. | A communal burrow of prairie dogs.
- Useful related words include: clique, ingroup, inner circle, pack.
- In the example corpus, coterie often appears in combinations such as: coterie of, the coterie, with coterie.
Context around Coterie
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Coterie
- In this selection, "coterie" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, large, own, poseidon, managed and dictates stand out and add context to how "coterie" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a coterie of top and a large coterie of supporters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "coterie" sits close to words such as aaj, aal and aalto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with coterie
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This ultra small coterie dictates world events and expects results. (10 words)
Chapelain was also a kind of outsider in the coterie. (10 words)
Now, a coterie of up-and-coming startups are encouraging Chinese firms to go local. (15 words)
With less than two months of his term remaining, it does not look like the governor’s contract will be renewed as Prezniktwo will have promised the post to at least half a dozen of the coterie of idiots that support him. (42 words)
Yet, she was immediately denounced, criticized and smeared as an anti-Semite, and not just by the usual coterie of right-wing, Israel-aligned politicians who already despise her anti-war positions and her bold support of the Palestinian cause. (40 words)
Masterson, who has been free on bail since his 2020 arrest, sat at the defense table, with a large coterie of supporters behind him, many if not all church members, who also sat through his first trial. (37 words)
It looked like a coterie was at work — the kind that often decides which film wins popular awards, but it still didn’t make any sense to send ‘Gully Boy’ for the Oscars? (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
It looked like a coterie was at work — the kind that often decides which film wins popular awards, but it still didn’t make any sense to send ‘Gully Boy’ for the Oscars?
Masterson, who has been free on bail since his 2020 arrest, sat at the defense table, with a large coterie of supporters behind him, many if not all church members, who also sat through his first trial.
She sat down with Joe Biden in the Oval Office, surrounded by a coterie of national security and intelligence officials.
The rogues gallery of Spider-Man represents the very same mirror image formula behind Batman's own coterie of villains.
He surrounds himself with a coterie of glamorous, upper-crust women whom he nicknames “the Swans”.
It follows the release of COTERIE’s debut, self-titled album in 2022, which featured big singles ‘Killing It Off’ (stream above), ‘West Coast Drive’, ‘Deja Vu’ and their Six60 collab ‘Always Beside You’.
She joined a coterie of Austin Peay State University students conducting cutting-edge research at the University of Rzeszow in Poland through the program, broadening her scientific skills and cultural horizons.
With less than two months of his term remaining, it does not look like the governor’s contract will be renewed as Prezniktwo will have promised the post to at least half a dozen of the coterie of idiots that support him.
A coterie of top restaurants, such as London’s Clove Club, charge upfront using the Tock reservations platform.
As Alfred Thayer Mahan puts it, a conventional warship bereft of bases or a coterie of logistics ships is a "land bird" unable to fly far from home.
Like other members of the Poseidon coterie, he treats the Poseidon project as a fait accompli.
Now, a coterie of up-and-coming startups are encouraging Chinese firms to go local.
On Monday, he and Quebec Conservative Sen. Jean-Guy Dagenais were welcomed into the Canadian Senators Group, an independent coterie of senators formed earlier this month.
Yet, she was immediately denounced, criticized and smeared as an anti-Semite, and not just by the usual coterie of right-wing, Israel-aligned politicians who already despise her anti-war positions and her bold support of the Palestinian cause.
I didn’t speak against the party, nor did I say anything bad about my party, still political coterie managed ouster of my son,’’ he said.
She reconnects with childhood friend Oscar, a good-natured bar owner with a coterie of drinking buddies, and resumes her drinking lifestyle.
This ultra small coterie dictates world events and expects results.
Chapelain was also a kind of outsider in the coterie.
However, his power centered on and firmly entrenched in his coterie of "LWP" generals and lower ranks officers of the Polish Communist Army.
The resulting web of relationships, with political, economic, and cultural links with each other in a system of mutual favours, obligations and dependencies, is called the 'Cologne coterie'.
Common combinations with coterie
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- coterie of 13×
- the coterie 3×
- with coterie 2×
- small coterie 2×