cloying
Example Sentences
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Such a cloying tone from the queen of bitterness!
From Slate • May 6, 2026
In his pursuit of answers, Roher employs a cloying framework: his loving wife occasionally narrating as if this were a storybook and Roher the protagonist of a scary adventure.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Working with a decent if cloying screenplay by Joe Anders, Winslet aims to capture all of the intimate moments and outsized chaos that large families are prone to weaving between.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026
Called Agnes here, as she was in her father’s will, she is played by Jessie Buckley in a performance that tips over the edge from heartfelt into cloying, as does the film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
The cloying smell of rancid fat from the butcher shop below made me thankful for the cool autumn breeze.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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