cloy
verb (used with object)
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
were 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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The smells of the spices were cloying, dizzying.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
Still the breeze delayed, and the fragrant odors of the woods were cloying.
From 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands by H. Weston Taylor
