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Appetites already cloyed by the night’s heat were further diminished.

I began gobbling all the food until my stomach burst open, revealing my cloyed intestines, which burst open too.

The famous mango cloyed us with its sweetness.

Few Northern farmers feed Indian corn to store-sheep, as it is considered too hot and stimulating, and sheep are thought to become more liable to become “cloyed” on it than on oats, pease, etc.

"And now you know where the real Lady Josceline Justice is," said Farish M'Kissock drearily, almost as if the savour of his overwhelming revenge on all who had wronged him had cloyed already.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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