cloying

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In doing so, I have recreated my cultural traditions.

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  • In doing so, I have recreated my cultural traditions. —  Hayden's Ferry Review Issue 45
  • Thus Bampfylde walked through the cloying, crunching sand and his head was filled with dreams of triumph and the sweeter dreams of victory's rewards that were fame and wealth beyond measure. —  Sharpe's Siege
  • EIGHTEEN RALPH Malzone struggled up from sleep like a man clawing his way out of an immense, cloying, suffocating ball of cotton candy. —  Cyberbooks
  • But she'd never forget that cloying, sweetish reek. —  The Silicon Mage
  • The air was thick with it; there was no way to blot out the cloying, sleep-filled scent of the white flowers that beckoned him to rest among their soft petals. —  Time Trial
 

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