salivate

Example Sentences

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Just writing about these sour belts is making me salivate.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

“I don’t even play football,” Taylor said with a laugh after his 9.92, a time that would make any college receivers coach salivate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 2, 2025

“I’m probably the one person who didn’t salivate over the arrival of ‘There’s a Riot Goin’ on,’” he says, referencing the 1971 bummer classic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

Two unbeaten champions with differing but equally effective styles produced a match-up of the highest level in a fight to make the boxing purist salivate.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

He began to salivate and stopped to pass hraka.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams