Laid it on thick

Usage examples of cloyed.

Be this as it will, he certainly was indulged in the use of it to such a degree as would have effectually obstructed his future fortune, had not he been happily cloyed with the repetition of the same fare, for which he conceived the utmost detestation and abhorrence, rejecting it with loathing and disgust, like those choice spirits, who, having been crammed with religion in their childhood, renounce it in their youth, among other absurd prejudices of education.

More than half cloyed with the possession of Celinda, he could not fail to be disgusted with her upbraidings.

The more he contemplated her character, the more difficult the conquest seemed to be: he therefore altered his plan, and resolved to carry on his operations under the shelter of honourable proposals, foreseeing that a wife of her qualifications, if properly managed, would turn greatly to the account of the husband, or, if her virtue should prove refractory, that he could at any time rid himself of the encumbrance, by decamping without beat of drum, after he should be cloyed with possession.

The darkness itself cloyed at his shoulders, a cold cloak for a Starfleet officer to wear on a Starfleet ship.

Chakotay told Kim, trying to angle back to hard work rather than this haunting anguish that cloyed the decks.

We are crowded with statues and cloyed with the exquisite in painting and sculpture, but this abundance is an illusion, for we reproduce over and over some dozen masterpieces which are now beyond our power to invent.

The eggs and butter and cheese, too rich, cloyed in her mouth, and she could hardly swallow.