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drool

[drool] / drul /






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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

If the thought of watching Kardashian face off with the Emmy-winning actor who played Marcia Clark in “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” makes you drool a little, dry those gums.

From Salon Nov. 6, 2025

He was lethargic, his chest soaked with drool.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 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

His mouth hung open, drool trickling out his teeth turned black and crumbled in seconds.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

They gawk at an ice-cream monster who drools soft-serve from his gooey fangs.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2024

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

So for instance, if the baby drools, we’ll take turns riffing, calling her: Drooly Andrews, Drool Carey, Drooliana Margulies, Drool Barrymore, Ja-Drool, Droolius Caesar, etc.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2018

I was looking over No. 16 to see if Russell was going to come behind him, like no way is this kid THE Russell Wilson everyone drools over.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2013

“He tells that same riddle to everyone he meets and has a fit every single time. Usually he drools when he laughs. Now, just stop, please.”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

I coughed over the sink, hardly able to get a breath, until I gagged and drooled into the drain.

From Slate Jun. 13, 2026

Yes, my audience giggled dutifully at the jiggling Jell-O salads and drooled over the groovy conversation pits in the Richards’ living room, the only super lair I’d ever live in.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2025

As a full-time racer, there was no way to use him for the main event, even as Fox drooled over his availability following Jeff Gordon’s broadcast retirement at the end of the 2021 season.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2024

I attended, and yes, I drooled as they passed the bowl of guacamole, the many different types of salsas and all of those beautiful tacos and tostadas directly in front of my hungry face.

From Salon Nov. 18, 2023

A rope of bloody saliva forming a shape like an undiscovered continent drooled upon the leather and I wiped it quickly away.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

“I’m drooling all the time because my mouth is not straight,” he said, and shook his head, disappointed.

From Slate Jan. 27, 2026

"Swollen face, a fever, lameness, drooling and crusting of the nostrils - if you do come across any of those clinical signs ring the department immediately and we will investigate."

From BBC Dec. 6, 2025

After three hellish days in a drooling, Dramamine-induced coma, I failed my check ride.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

Movie theater trends might be shifting fast, but that means that going to the movies will always be a more interesting way to spend your time than sprawled out, drooling on the couch.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2025

“You standing there drooling, that’s what! They about to hand over what we came for, and you like a frog on a log. And Gum Baby hates frogs. Are you even listening?”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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