How do you use Cloying in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like saccharine or syrupy, plus the exact meaning.
Cloying meaning
present participle and gerund of cloy
Synonyms of Cloying
Using Cloying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of cloy
- Useful related words include: saccharine, syrupy, treacly, sweet.
- In the example corpus, cloying often appears in combinations such as: and cloying, cloying and, as cloying.
Context around Cloying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cloying
- In this selection, "cloying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, yet, palate, looks, bravado, cuteness and bronxville stand out and add context to how "cloying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit cloying but that and against his cloying disingenuous arguments. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cloying" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cloying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, cauliflower cheese looks cloying. (5 words)
It was cloying stuff, post-emo fluff piled on saccharine funk. (11 words)
But is no longer the safe space of cloying cuteness I enjoy. (12 words)
Reuniting with past collaborators (including Ben Affleck) and other famous faces to redo almost beat-for-beat, it's cloying and self-indulgent, but it's with touching performances from Mewes and Harley Quinn Smith. (35 words)
In retrospect, ’s expositional approach may seem a bit cloying, but that’s only because Kuenne is willing to tell a story with all the disconsolate surprise of the tragedy itself. (31 words)
I don’t know Notkin, but I admired her dignity in carefully listening to Baldacci and eloquently pushing back against his cloying, disingenuous arguments. (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
A roundly entertaining romantic comedy, “Love Actually” is still nearly as cloying as it is funny.
Bryce Dallas Howard's girlboss stock character, the pair of annoying brothers, and Chris Pratt's cloying bravado don't help.
But is no longer the safe space of cloying cuteness I enjoy.
In it, Plunket transforms Dorothy Rodgers into a clueless and cloying Bronxville housewife, Mimi Smithers.
It reads overly sweet and cloying, doesn’t it, this carnival of syrups and sauces.
The film never comes off as cloying or manipulative because McQueen knows he doesn’t need to push for “emotional” moments.
I don’t know Notkin, but I admired her dignity in carefully listening to Baldacci and eloquently pushing back against his cloying, disingenuous arguments.
The woman is cloying and the true winners are the men nwho are fortunate and lucky enough to leave early.
Think of all the perfectly corny yet cloying titles this potential holiday blockbuster can have.
Reuniting with past collaborators (including Ben Affleck) and other famous faces to redo almost beat-for-beat, it's cloying and self-indulgent, but it's with touching performances from Mewes and Harley Quinn Smith.
And it’s very sweet on the palate, cloying almost, with little kick to it.
However, cauliflower cheese looks cloying.
In retrospect, ’s expositional approach may seem a bit cloying, but that’s only because Kuenne is willing to tell a story with all the disconsolate surprise of the tragedy itself.
On the urgent and cloying “Personal Hell,” her singing sounds simultaneously like a kiddie nursery rhyme and a tragic faux opera.
It was cloying stuff, post-emo fluff piled on saccharine funk.
It was rich without being cloying, rinsed nicely and left my hair manageable.
Meghan thrives in the public eye — but not in a cloying, thirsty way.
That song is cloying garbage used to fill up sad musical sequences on hospital shows.
Again, hop presence is low to undetectable, providing just enough bitterness so that the sweetness is not cloying and the aftertaste is muted.
The character is notable for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, making frequent references to his own "humbleness".
Common combinations with cloying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and cloying 3×
- cloying and 3×
- as cloying 2×
- his cloying 2×
- is cloying 2×