salivate

Example Sentences

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“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

And then as an actor — sorry for getting long-winded, but you asked — when it’s in dialogue, everything the character’s going through, his insecurities, his flaws are actually in words, you salivate.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

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

The brothers Roy bring the offer to the "village elders" who salivate at how golden their parachutes will be.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

Fact: Pavlov’s dog may have learned to salivate when hearing a ringing bell, but when a bell jingled as Dad and I entered the Brevard Animal Clinic, my poor skittish nerves were startled.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas