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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 • 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 • Feb. 26, 2016

In the city, there was cloying uncertainty beneath a merciless summer sun.

From Time Magazine Archive