- present participle of salivate.
salivating
Example Sentences
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Investors are salivating over the initial public offering of Cerebras Systems.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Young people constantly pour themselves into digital surveillance systems, giving the managers of those systems a kind of power that would have had 20th-century totalitarians salivating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
“Nebraska ’82,” the 37-track collection, clears the vaults for fans who have been salivating to hear the fabled “electric” recordings with the E Street Band.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
"I was sweating, salivating and struggling to concentrate."
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
Penelope looked at the quartet of panting, salivating beasts; the icy feeling at the back of her neck returned.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
