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[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

When we made it back home after being gone for two weeks, I had to put elbow grease into scrubbing the caked-on dog drool off the side of the car.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026

He was lethargic, his chest soaked with drool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

“Go find 10 images of bathrooms you just drool over,” West says.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

Frederick’s lip is curled and his upper teeth show and a string of drool swings from his chin and touches the paper.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

“Look at their Instagram and it’s all oozing cheese and shiny burgers,” she drools.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2017

He drools a bit, but I don’t mind.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

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

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

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

Sahil pulled up the Thoroughly Thespian website and we all drooled over the stuff they have to offer.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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

“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

Mole sat on his haunches, looking up at her, his tongue hanging out, his mouth drooling.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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