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Significados de cloy em inglês

Supply or feed to surfeit.

Cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing.

Sinônimos
Examples for "surfeit"
Examples for "surfeit"
1
His surfeit of theology bred in him a dislike of the subject.
Hyacinth
2
Just living with someone can create a surfeit of closeness and transparency.
You say tomato, I say shut up
3
Does that mean a surfeit of antioxidants might weaken your immune system?
The Irish Times
4
And pride... well, he had that in a sure and certain surfeit.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
5
I rather dislike young men; I've had such a surfeit of them.
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
Uso de cloy em inglês
1
It does not cloy the palate, but rather seductively stimulates the appetite.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
2
The cloy of her perfume carried though to him in the front.
The Irish Times
3
Cold veal pie, when you don't feel hungry, is apt to cloy.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
4
With it I can even gather honey that does not cloy.
Nature's Serial Story
5
Dread and revulsion and alien emotions cling to us and cloy our movements.
Perdido Street Station
6
The night wind came whispering in, cutting through the cloy of the spilled perfume.
The Demolished Man
7
We cloy of the honey of each peculiar greatness.
Representative Men: Seven Lectures
8
This song of sacred joy That never seems to cloy, May Jesus Christ be praised!
Radio NZ
9
All the rich devices of rhyme and tone-color must heighten and not cloy the singing quality.
A Study of Poetry
10
How should it cloy with length of use?
Hemlock Grove
11
In transports pure the moments cannot cloy-
Idle Hour Stories
12
The artificial bouquet was beginning to cloy.
Bare Bones
13
Not that she found kisses were not sweet, but that she feared with repetition they would cloy.
When God Laughs, and Other Stories
14
The benefits of Civilization cloy me.
Trivia
15
Sweet things cloy, tonics are bitter.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories
16
No time can cloy them.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
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