Sentence example with the word 'clannish'

clannish

arrogant, contemptuous, elect, exclusive, gentile, lineal, phylogenetic, select, sniffy, snooty, toploftical, tribal

Definition adj. characteristic of a clan especially in being unified

Last update: July 9, 2015


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Godoy, having the prospect of the Algarve before him, likewise offered no opposition to the advance of Napoleon's troops to the capital; and so it came about that Murat, named by Napoleon his Lieutenant in Spain, was able to enter Madrid in force and without opposition from that usually clannish populace.   [Please select]

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"Then the Highlanders are as clannish as ever," cried the General.   [Please select]

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They proved much more clannish than the Bohemians and more reluctant to conform to American customs.   [Please select]

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Their near kin, the chimpanzees, are equally clannish, but more musical.   [Please select]

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But she was a clannish creature, and rushed at once to the defence of her brother.   [Please select]

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Their clannish habits often irritated their neighbors and led to occasional agitations against "foreigners."   [Please select]

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