How to Use coterie in a Sentence

coterie

noun
Definition of coterienext
Synonyms for coterienext
  • His films are admired by a small coterie of critics.
  • She felt most comfortable with a small coterie of fellow musicians.
  • However, the best part is the matching coterie of gold chains both around her neck and her hips.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Biden has taken a large coterie of aides with him on his first foreign trip.
    — Phil Mattingly, CNN, 14 June 2021
  • The war in Afghanistan, launched by a coterie around Brezhnev, turned into a quagmire.
    — David E. Hoffman, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Those outside his coterie of marks can simply take heart in the fact that the Forward Party is fake.
    — Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Members of Yi Lei’s coterie were struck by the boldness and freedom of her poem.
    — Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 5 May 2021
  • The risk is, in the short term, that yet another of soccer’s crown jewels becomes the plaything of a small coterie of clubs.
    — New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Do not get lost in the weeds, the exact terms of the repayment recovery can be fine-tuned by a coterie of green-eye shade lawyers.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022
  • And, yet, that is precisely what a coterie of U.S. senators intends to do with a ...
    — Jordan McGillis, National Review, 11 May 2022
  • They’re also meant to share America with the world and create a coterie of Americans in sync with the needs of faraway places.
    — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The findings were never released to the public as Trump and a coterie of allies continued to say there was fraud.
    — Amy Gardner, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • Appointed in 1982, Chéreau spent a decade at Amandiers, shaping a coterie of actors.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2022
  • Putin’s coterie has basically given the West the bird, too.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Perhaps Fallon, known for being one of the more garrulous among TV’s late-night coterie, has more to say.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Lancôme’s coterie of luxe mascaras are all on sale at Ulta Beauty for as low as $7.80 (for travel sizes).
    — Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • But the influence of Mr. Jiang and his coterie of allies, sometimes known as the Shanghai Faction, has faded over the last decade.
    — Michael Wines, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The South of France has long drawn artists wishing to forge creative coteries away from urban centers.
    — Nadia Beard, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Biden, who was first elected to the Senate in 1972, has had a coterie of advisors for decades while Harris has a small group of people that is largely new to her.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Unlike the rest of the Factory coterie, who saw Warhol as either an inscrutable god or a ticket to wealth and renown — or both — Berlin didn’t seem to crave his approval.
    — New York Times, 18 June 2021
  • Beyond Leo and his coterie, nobody knows how the money is being spent, or whether Seid put any restrictions on it.
    — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
  • But Nick is harboring a secret from Mickey and his dad and the coterie of buddies who’ve flown to Tulum to celebrate with him.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Despite years of warning, the U.S. and its allies aren’t ready for the challenges created by a coterie of Eurasian autocrats.
    — Aaron MacLean, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2021
  • At worst, some speculated that his coterie was either complicit with or under the thumb of the gangs.
    — Amy Wilentz, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • But the conflicted genius schtick that Altman and his OpenAI coterie are putting on is wearing thin.
    — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • No new facts are necessary to demonstrate that Trump was a sulky, smooth-brained baby, prone to fits of pouty anger, enabled by a coterie of vile liars and violent stooges.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 2 July 2022
  • On a beach in the lagoon — one where tourists once stopped to eat prepacked lunches — a young male, newly dead, lay in the surf, his carcass snacked upon by a coterie of gulls and crabs, as a flock of vultures looked on.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Coming Band rocked the hall with a string of Motown favorites, and as the dance floor filled up, the Observer regretfully rounded up his coterie to head up and across the bay for the second event of the evening.
    — al, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Fashion designer Valentino had a coterie of six adorable pugs who traveled with him on his private jet.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Likewise, a person with lots of potential could appear on the periphery of your own coterie.
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022

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