drooling

Example Sentences

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"So although it might be food very near to them and they might be drooling, they actually can't pounce on to them."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

After three hellish days in a drooling, Dramamine-induced coma, I failed my check ride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Lumbergh, in his two-toned buttoned-down shirt and with his ever-present coffee mug, drooling a series of “mmmkays” and “yeeeahs,” is every middle manager masking their incompetence while lording their authority over deflated subordinates.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024

Wilbur stood in the trough, drooling with hunger.

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