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

Both Mazin and Neil Druckmann, co-creator of “The Last of Us” game, are practically salivating at the prospect of spotlighting Abby, as it will force viewers to reckon with their reactions to her killing Joel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

It is easy to call “The Substance” superficial in its depiction of women’s quests for youth and beauty as well as men’s salivating responses to that.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2024

We trained Ginger to accept the treat without excessive salivating.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg