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Definition of "cloyed" []

  • Simple past tense and past participle of cloy. (verb)

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Use "cloyed" in a sentence
  • "Both are clever, but Bowen so persistently that one is almost cloyed."
  • "Nor was this all-pervading caress a something that cloyed with too great sweetness; nor was it sickly sentimental; nor was it maudlin with love's madness."
  • "After his appetite had been somewhat cloyed, Prince, shuddering as he did so, passed him a mug of weak beef tea."
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