clubbish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clubbish
Adjective
  • The indie follows Christie, a timid 30-something who, after an unexpected positive pregnancy test, convinces her free-spirited best friend Ally (Ruffin) to help her track down her birth mother.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Sam, meanwhile, is a more timid RA with a longtime girlfriend (Maisy Stella).
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For some patients, other tools—like a coronary calcium scan, which can directly show whether there’s silent plaque in the arteries—may be more useful.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
  • One silent element to the transfer portal that is seldom discussed, but important to the athletes, is those pesky classes.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • At Tomah, the report showed a similar breakdown, with nine shortages among clinical staff and five nonclinical.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Dhall is a professor and the chair of the UAMS Department of Neurology, with extensive clinical and research experience in ALS and other complex neurodegenerative disorders.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the new film Hot Milk, the sensual but diffident 20-something Sofia (Emma Mackey) travels with her invalid mother, Rose (Fiona Shaw), to the Mediterranean shores of Spain in search of an experimental cure for the latter’s (possibly hypochondriac) illness.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
  • Today, they’re considered all-time greats, geniuses of melody and tension and originators of the diffident, philosophical mode that came to dominate American guitar rock in the new century.
    Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • Playmakers available, underused Through eight quarters of Fitch’s offense, the 49ers haven’t been shy to spread the ball around.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Maddie is a great vegetarian chef, but has always been too shy to cook in front of an audience.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Seeking professional guidance early is key so that strategies can be examined and coordinated effectively.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But more than anything, Thomas was among the rare fans in attendance Sunday who understood exactly what professional athletes feel when they are traded, waived, fired, told they are no longer wanted.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • One key characteristic applicants need to consider is mastering the difference in expression from a neutral viewpoint on the job opening to a disinterested one.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • These deficient traits of humanity and humility are reflected in words like uncaring, vindictive, aloof, disinterested, and disrespectful.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • The film follows a young drifter and a taciturn trucker who link up and forge a precarious bond on Mexico’s dangerous highways.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Young, unemployed family man Nick (MacKay) volunteers to take the boat back out, along with taciturn, new-in-town drifter Liam (Turner) and grizzled seadog Murgey (Francis Magee).
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Clubbish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbish. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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