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[drool] / drul /






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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

He was lethargic, his chest soaked with drool.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2025

“Go find 10 images of bathrooms you just drool over,” West says.

From Seattle Times Nov. 16, 2023

Castles, volcanoes and yurts — oh my — whiz past at a clip that would make a dice-roller drool.

From New York Times Mar. 30, 2023

It felt funny on his tongue and made him drool a bit.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

“He looks like Zipco, he drools like Zipco — this guy smells like Zipco. And he’s talking to the so-called photographer, who is like a bug to him.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 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

So for instance, if the baby drools, we’ll take turns riffing, calling her: Drooly Andrews, Drool Carey, Drooliana Margulies, Drool Barrymore, Ja-Drool, Droolius Caesar, etc.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2018

“Look at their Instagram and it’s all oozing cheese and shiny burgers,” she drools.

From The Guardian Sep. 5, 2017

He drools over me for half a DECADE, but when I deliver myself to his front DOOR, he slams it in my FACE!

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

I coughed over the sink, hardly able to get a breath, until I gagged and drooled into the drain.

From Slate Jun. 13, 2026

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 said that she based much of the character’s behavior on a socially awkward officemate she worked with as an accountant at Columbia Pictures, who drooled and stood too close to people when he talked.

From New York Times Nov. 21, 2019

Baird in mop-up duty that drooled in with 21.8 seconds left.

From Seattle Times Mar. 28, 2019

He opened it temptingly and placed a chunk of hamburger inside.The dog whined and drooled as he watched.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Symptoms of adder bites in dogs include pain and swelling, bruising, lethargy, drooling and vomiting.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

We barely touched the hors d’oeuvres while drooling over the cars.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 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

For all she knew, she was drooling as badly as Percy did when he slept.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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