cloy
verb (used with object)
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
cloys
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present tense formof cloy (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The screen virtually overflows with computer-generated wizardry and cutesy flora and fauna, to a degree that cloys.
From Washington Post ā Oct. 15, 2019
Without stripping gears, she makes fast switches from explosive comedy to a sober emotionalism that never cloys.
From New York Times ā Apr. 20, 2017
In fact, if anything in “Olive and the Bitter Herbs” actually cloys, it is Olive’s own peevishness, strangely enough.
From New York Times ā Aug. 17, 2011
But seeing that charm incessantly on American magazine covers now cloys.
From Time Magazine Archive
When children weave fancies of wonderland they use the resources of the imagination with economy; uninterrupted sunshine soon cloys.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
