cloy
verb (used with object)
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
was cloying
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past progressiveof cloy.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Finally, there was cloying sentimentality — presumably the big Thanksgiving dinner we saw took place in the same dewy spirit world the “Lost” folks reunited in a few years back.
From New York Times ā Oct. 23, 2016
It didn’t completely vanquish the pasta, but it gave the dish an oily, fatty quality that was cloying.
From New York Times ā Feb. 26, 2016
In the city, there was cloying uncertainty beneath a merciless summer sun.
From Time Magazine Archive
