COTERIE in a Sentence

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This "pastoral visit" naturally furnished an occasion for a murmur of comment in all the little local coteries.

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 Meanings and Examples of COTERIE
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coterie
 n.  group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with common purpose
Classic Sentence:
1  Standing about the room was the little knot of men who formed the chief part of the Egdon coterie, there being present Fairway himself, Grandfer Cantle, Humphrey, Christian, and one or two turf-cutters.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
2  The Friends of the A B C were not numerous, it was a secret society in the state of embryo, we might almost say a coterie, if coteries ended in heroes.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
3  This "pastoral visit" naturally furnished an occasion for a murmur of comment in all the little local coteries.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
Example Sentence:
1  After his book had been published, he was invited to join the literary coterie that lunched daily at the hotel.