How to Use clubby in a Sentence

clubby

adjective
  • Dicker has been in a clubby mood for a minute.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • That has changed, though things can still be pretty clubby.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Marc by Sofia can seem a bit clubby at times, a touch too cool for school.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Depending on the night, the vibe can range from clubby to mellow.
    Ari Bendersky, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Both have been criticized, in the past as well as this month, for being out of touch and clubby.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 1 July 2019
  • Adam 28-year-old-white-boy-dances in front of his mic while singing the catchy tune in its clubby new form.
    Robbie Daw, Billboard, 5 June 2019
  • Cheat Codes' beat was way too upbeat and clubby to bring into the bedroom.
    Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 5 Oct. 2017
  • For now, at least, the small, clubby groups of Broadway movers and shakers are making efforts to open up.
    Gordon Cox, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
  • That segment of the show largely stripped out the guitars to focus on clubby techno and nasty slashes of synth noise.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The bar area develops more a clubby vibe as the evening goes on, with pretty young things swaying under the disco ball.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2019
  • And for those who don’t know anything about this world, there is fun to be had observing this clubby atmosphere from the outside.
    Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Combine clubby good looks with a neighborhood vibe, and that’s Good Fortune.
    Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Afterward, head to the hotel's clubby lobby, find a sofa or an armchair to sit in and call home to check on the family.
    Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The clubby town had never seen anything like it, and the CAA partners rolled over all before them.
    Richard Rushfield, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2018
  • Expect lively, clubby vibes as local DJs pump out deep house and dance to soul and techno, depending on the mood.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Even in broad daylight, Mai Thai, with its clubby high-end lighting and sleek, black, soaring space, has something of an off-hours nightspot feel.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • With a great clubby feel, the restaurant has had brunch for years but recently expanded it to include Saturdays.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 22 Feb. 2020
  • As the industry has matured, rivalries have broken into the clubby network of friends from the Darpa event.
    Dana Hull, Bloomberg.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Washington’s clubby diplomatic and lobbying worlds have been rived by the Khashoggi case.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
  • The decor is smart and clubby–polished parquet floors, green leather banquets and chairs–and the vibe is wonderfully convivial with live piano music and a busy bar.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026
  • The look pulled Coachella’s boot story back toward the kind of clubby excess that used to define the festival’s flashier celebrity style.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Many rank and file followed them out the door, and key positions were filled by people who were not well-known in the clubby cybersecurity industry.
    Michael Riley, Bloomberg.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • For the flagship, Les Deux sought to capture a sense of clubby nostalgia in the architecture, which was designed by its in-house team.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Mess was a clubby dining space created during renovation of the west wing in the 1950s.
    Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The crowd at Vivid Live is dotted with a few older professional types and young, clubby-looking guys and girls probably just along for some adult mayhem.
    Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The music was loud and the lights glowed red at Asia de Cuba, a clubby restaurant in New York with other locations overseas.
    Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The cozy, clubby Dukes Bar is the best place in the West End for a pre-dinner martini—but sip it slowly, as there’s a strict two-drink limit.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Previous outings featured danceable beats, but Our Hyper is the band’s most explicitly clubby record.
    Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
  • AmEx changes culture, culture changes AmEx AmEx has long leaned into its status-symbol and clubby image.
    Nancy Cutler, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The Golden Globe Awards are typically a loose and boozy affair, a clubby get-together where the Champagne flows.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2018

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