Cloying

Cloying writers like Denis Johnson, Amy Hempel, Lydia Davis, Aimee Bender, and Charles D'Ambrosio are held up as models of good writing, because they're easy enough to copy.

Anis Shivani: The 15 Most Overrated Contemporary American Writers (PHOTOS) 2010

Cloying writers like Denis Johnson, Amy Hempel, Lydia Davis, Aimee Bender, and Charles D'Ambrosio are held up as models of good writing, because they're easy enough to copy.

Anis Shivani: The 15 Most Overrated Contemporary American Writers (PHOTOS) Anis Shivani 2010

Cloying writers like Denis Johnson, Amy Hempel, Lydia Davis, Aimee Bender, and Charles D'Ambrosio are held up as models of good writing, because they're easy enough to copy.

The 15 Most Overrated Contemporary American Writers (PHOTOS) 2010

You are, after all, the uncontested Queen of Cloying.

Maybe that would be a charming reenvisioning of the talking heads commentary.... Ann Althouse 2008

Cloying rain and sweat adhered her hair to the nape of her neck.

The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

Cloying and cutesy, like it was trying to coax bashful four year olds to come find the easter eggs.

kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2005

Cloying and insistent, the subtle aroma of the powder suffused his nostrils, his lungs, the essence of himself.

Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999

Cloying and insistent, the subtle aroma of the powder suffused his nostrils, his lungs, the essence of himself.

Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999

Cloying all his will with her sugared caprices, she makes him scenes and so keeps him in subjection.

The Price of Things Elinor Glyn 1903

Cloying present-day elements aside, Neville does an adequate job of charting the evolution of the Los Angeles singer-songwriter scene, which blossomed as the ferment of the '60s was waning.

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