How to Use clubby in a Sentence

clubby

adjective

• 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
• Depending on the night, the vibe can range from clubby to mellow.
  — Ari Bendersky, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
• About the place: The tavern has a comfortable, homey, clubby feel with dark wood walls and worn floor.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2019
• 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
• Cheat Codes' beat was way too upbeat and clubby to bring into the bedroom.
  — Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 5 Oct. 2017
• But The Girl—overall very nineties low-key, clubby music.
  — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Dec. 2014
• The clubby town had never seen anything like it, and the CAA partners rolled over all before them.
  — Richard Rushfield, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2018
• 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
• The turmoil sparked a war of words within the I.O.C.’s usually clubby meeting room ahead of these Games.
  — Tariq Panja, New York Times, 7 Feb. 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
• 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
• The space looks clubby and grand: vaulted ceilings, floor-to-ceiling marble walls, leather banquettes, and dark wood.
  — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2018
• The Mess was a clubby dining space created during renovation of the west wing in the 1950s.
  — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• 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
• 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
• Dinner is served in the narrow, clubby, wood-paneled Consort Bar.
  — New York Times, 21 Apr. 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
• 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
• 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
• Take note, sportscar cognoscenti — McLaren’s 720S is about to raise awareness of this remarkable marque beyond your clubby clique.
  — By Brian Melton, star-telegram, 2 Aug. 2017
• The melodic house production comes fit with clubby backbone.
  — David Rishty, Billboard, 14 June 2017
• But director Kenny Howard and his crew have devised an entertaining evening that feels right at home in the cozy, clubby atmosphere of The Abbey.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 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
• The Diamond Grille embraces two things: Steaks, and an old-time, clubby feel that remains a comforting break from the sometimes trying-too-hard trendy eateries that pop up.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• And with younger rival Emmanuel Macron carrying off the ultimate prize of the French presidency, there’s a good chance the clubby world of the Parisian elite had room for only one banker-politician.
  — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2019
• The patio has been turned into a room papered in a floral pattern that’s clubby enough for a Super Tuscan—though one of the affordable Italian country wines is the smarter way to go.
  — Los Angeles Magazine, 27 June 2017
• 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
• But people who know the hard-driving Mr. Tucker say one of his biggest effects on the 152-year-old British lender could be a shake-up of what some describe as a bureaucratic, clubby culture.
  — Margot Patrick, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2017
• The new angels have the potential to transform a venture capital industry that has been stubbornly clubby.
  — New York Times, 9 Aug. 2021

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