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
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
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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
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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
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
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“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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