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slobber

[slob-er] / ˈslɒb ər /


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"They are soft, amazingly loyal and really friendly... there is some slobber."

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

This still wasn’t enough slobber for his audience, however.

From Salon ● May 14, 2025

But she disliked the experience, which, she said, left the company “in hysterics — people twitching, slobber running down their chins, screaming from nerves and exhaustion.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

But “you don’t want to be too precious about your outfit,” Ingram said, because “if you’re judging something like a Saint Bernard, you’re getting slobber on it.”

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023

They didn't run and greet a person and slobber with joy.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Axel slobbers on her lap, then lopes around the room, sniffing amethyst crystals, a conga drum and a gold Tibetan singing bowl.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2018

Don't teach me Dog,all eager to please; that slobbers, yaps and begs for a pat,that sits when told by its own, that's led on a lead.No, not that.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2012

Even though she has fleas, and slobbers a lot.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2011

The woman bends down and coos, and he slobbers a little and starts to cry.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2010

Brickz chomps and slobbers over some ribs in his corner.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

Big, barkin’ Josh the Newfoundland slobbered around the ring, then nearly knocked over Ginger in the winner’s circle.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2021

Others piled on those who "slobbered" over Avenatti before his downfall.

From Fox News ● May 22, 2019

Then I asked how he felt about being jumped on, slobbered on or getting mud all over his couch.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2017

It wasn’t his fault that Skip Bayless slobbered all over him and made outrageous statements such as “Tim Tebow is the next Brett Favre.”

From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2016

Faye made a restless movement and her dry lips slobbered a few thick words and sighed off to a snore again.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

And unlike with her insults, Bondi rarely has to check her notes before slobbering over the imaginary perfection of men who can boost her career.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025

Lizzie and Robbie, a bonded pig pair with bristly coats and a fondness for mouthing visitors’ shoelaces, were absolute champs, happily slobbering all over the big cotton swabs proffered by the scientists.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

Again and again, Diana and Barbara have to endure and deflect unwanted male attention; you may lose count of all the run-of-the-mill boors and slobbering predators they have to fend off, and you’re meant to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2020

If you’re worried about them chewing sneakers or slobbering on the velvet sofa, it could ruin the whole weekend for you and your hosts.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2019

He was not inside the mouth of a slobbering beast.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis




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