drool
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And when you fall asleep together watching “Footloose” for the 100th time, both of you might wake up in a puddle of your own drool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
Julie Denzin, who has worked as a restaurant server in Milwaukee for more than a decade, has watched dogs drool, fight, growl and relieve themselves on restaurant patios.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
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
She tearfully recounted one particular incident in which he was so upset she "almost expected drool to be coming out of his mouth" and knew something was "terribly wrong".
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2023
I don’t drool over Renee like a deranged anything.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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“He looks like Zipco, he drools like Zipco — this guy smells like Zipco. And he’s talking to the so-called photographer, who is like a bug to him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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
Jin, 46, has cerebral palsy and frequently drools.
From Slate ● May 18, 2021
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 drools a bit, but I don’t mind.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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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
Her body shook, her teeth chattered, she drooled and she often couldn’t speak.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
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
Baird in mop-up duty that drooled in with 21.8 seconds left.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
But now that I’ve pulled my face away from my book, I can see where I’ve drooled on the pages.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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I listen now to some commentators drooling over substitutions that change games, and what a genius the manager was to make those changes.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 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
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
The cuco snapped, growling and drooling all over Beefy’s crib, but the baby did not look scared.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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