drool
verb (used without object)
to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
had been drooling
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past perfect progressiveof drool.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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It was an already-poorly lamb, which Fiona said had not shown typical symptoms - it had been drooling, dropping food from its mouth and its legs were stiff, but not lame.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Wearing a staid black suit and beaming at admirers, he was there to hawk what investors had been drooling over: stock in the entire Alibaba Group.
From Washington Post
He probably had been drooling, or at least making weird noises as he dreamed.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
