cloying

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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

Watching “Reminders of Him” and shedding a few tears during the inevitable scene where Kenna finally meets her daughter, I was reminded of just how cloying the experience of watching “Hamnet” was.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Not cloying, not milky, not trying to be liked by everyone at the bake sale.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

In its all-too-human view of life, this is, entertainingly, whatever the opposite of a cloying graduation speech is.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

The room smelled of sickness, a cloying odor made up in equal parts of stale sweat and medicine.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin