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- adjective That does not
cloy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is light and uncloying and completely unnecessary.
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The dialogue blends quiet, uncloying lyricism ( "The back of her neck smells like my childhood") with comic flashes that crackle like summer lightning, and the actors, Mr. Sisto in particular, savor each well-turned line with unmistakable appreciation.
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At the same time that preoccupation with goodness is a very serious one, and one that is rarely tackled with such uncloying sincerity and compassion.
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In a few moments after he had landed at the familiar wharf he was mounted upon a fleet horse, rushing away over those beautiful rolling hills which fill the mind of the traveler with uncloying delight in their variety, their fertility and their beauty.
The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss
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I am enjoying nature and art together, a consummation of luxury that never palls upon the appetite -- a dessert of uncloying sweets.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828 Various
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Pennsylvania farm, where apples were as free as water, and he cannot get over the idea of their being one of Nature's gracious gifts, any more than he can overcome his hankering for that crisp, juicy, uncloying flavor of a good apple, which is not quite equaled by the taste of any other fruit.
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The whole essay breathes of swelling buds, springing grass, calls of birds, April flowers, April odors, and April's uncloying freshness and charm.
Our Friend John Burroughs Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931 1914
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One thinks of the words luscious, uncloying, ambrosial, and discards each in turn.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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For we have held remembrance of Thy death, we have seen the figure of Thy resurrection, we have been filled with Thy endless life, we have enjoyed Thy uncloying dainties, which graciously vouchsafe all of us, in the world to come.
The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes. Vol. I 1555-1626 1899
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Or the thick and more pendent top of the belleflower, with its equally rich, sprightly uncloying fruit.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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