- present participle of cloy.
cloying
Example Sentences
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Toiling around the clock, haggard Indonesian firefighters on Borneo island cannot keep up with the blazes devouring landscapes and shrouding communities in a cloying haze.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
At last year’s shindig, my friend Chet created a refreshing spritz without any of the cloying sweetness of Aperol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Such a cloying tone from the queen of bitterness!
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
Heartfelt without being cloying, this ad gets all the elements of its message of coming together right in ways that a similar ad from Spectrum couldn’t quite match.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026
The cloying smell of incense drifted through the doorway, over which a small wooden placard said Work is Struggle.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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