cloy

Example Sentences

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Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety; other women Cloy th' appetites they feed; but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

It has placed you Beyond the Cloy of Fulsome Praise: Beyond the Sting of Cruel Blame: the One, may not help You the Other, cannot hurt You!

From A Spray of Kentucky Pine by Sherley, George Douglass