What is the correct usage of cloyed? Is it cloyed with, as in felt cloyed with the smell of something? I have seen a few sentences which had cloyed at but none using with.
Thanks in advance.
Usgae of Cloy
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Re: Usgae of Cloy
An example:
I will even agree to express but half my esteem for you, for fear of cloying you with too full a dose.
From "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson" by Thomas Jefferson
I will even agree to express but half my esteem for you, for fear of cloying you with too full a dose.
From "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson" by Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Usgae of Cloy
Thank you so much!