“Students were scuttling around, socializing with their clique, or at least the part of them that shared this class in the mornings.”

“The friendliness of bowls is not advanced by the tendency in some clubs toward cliquism.”

“The nation stands between the partial menace of cliquism and the total scandal of a retreat from imagination, from style, from the fastidious.”

“A new social system starts, and seems delightfully free of the elitism and cliquishness of the existing systems.”

“It's tempting to dismiss cliquishness as a relic from high school, along with midterms, lockers, and prom dates.”

“A certain amount of cliquishness is inevitable: the editors from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and China sat huddled together at one table.”

“In some circles, these are referred to as cliques but in this instance, it is really more of a nonet that gets the featured billing.”

“Indeed, cliques and cabals spring up and create their own behavioral benchmarks, codes of conduct simultaneously acting inclusive and exclusive.”

“Star Wars or Lord of the Rings create cliques of individuals who share their collective fantasy in a way that is still separate.”