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
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
Meanwhile, Bentley tends to drool because of the tumor.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Grandpa Lázaro had slumped over the side of the easy chair, a strand of drool stretching from his mouth to his stained white T-shirt.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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A dog isn’t a furry, four-legged human that drools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
Axel drools on the rug as the students try to read his mind.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2018
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 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
There have been some terrific throws on the run by the New York Jets rookie quarterback, the type NFL teams drooled over leading up to the draft.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
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
She nodded and thanked them, and they prayed and prayed in their singsong voices as I drooled over the food.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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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
“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
Heavy panting, difficulty breathing, excessive drooling, lethargy and drowsiness are all key signs that your dog is too hot.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
I discovered Emerson’s soporific qualities the hard way, by falling asleep with my face in the book, drooling all over an essay called “Self-Reliance” and having the vending-machine dream for the sixth time that week.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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