drool
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“He’s just standing there, you know, on all fours, and he’s got drool coming down,” recalled Peter, 69.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Analog is out, digital is in; devices rule, toys drool.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Check out Sussman’s website to drool over his selection and call ahead to see if your favorites are available.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
Castles, volcanoes and yurts — oh my — whiz past at a clip that would make a dice-roller drool.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
“Ruby tried to drown me in saliva, that’s all. Come to think of it, has anyone seen Kem lately? He’s not dead in a puddle of drool somewhere, is he?”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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A dog isn’t a furry, four-legged human that drools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
His unbridled praise for Tom Brady drools across the text.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2022
It changed the feel of the game as it pertained to one of the most awesome forces ever to hit the sport: the Alabama receiver laboratory, routine supplier of NFL drools and draft choices.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022
Jin, 46, has cerebral palsy and frequently drools.
From Slate ● May 18, 2021
One side of her mouth swallows the rice gruel while the other side drools and spits the food back out.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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I coughed over the sink, hardly able to get a breath, until I gagged and drooled into the drain.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
I drooled a little watching Machado and Mark take bites of the face-sized empanadas, which were perfectly golden brown, bubbly in the right spots and oozy, not greasy.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
But Wilson has stumbled in his opportunities, showing only flashes of the playmaker they drooled over at his pro day at BYU.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
If you have drooled over the TV version of Sidney Chambers, the crime-solving English vicar on PBS’ “Grantchester,” you may be surprised by the books they’re based on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2020
When we reached her, she looked me over critically, like she was still thinking about how much I drooled.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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The bottom line: Stop drooling about them and do what they should have been doing all along: Invest in index funds.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
We barely touched the hors d’oeuvres while drooling over the cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
“I’m drooling all the time because my mouth is not straight,” he said, and shook his head, disappointed.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
After three hellish days in a drooling, Dramamine-induced coma, I failed my check ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
She made sure the kids were quiet—they were in on the plan—and he soon fell asleep, drooling on his seatbelt.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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