salivate
verb (used without object)
to produce saliva.
salivated
Example Sentences
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Among a certain set—particularly the one I grew up around in Manhattan—we salivated over whose name might be tarnished next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Some preferred to include it in a stew, while others salivated over the golden-brown fried option.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
Crowds salivated for the chance to catch him in person and watch him tape “War Room.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Ever since BioNTech and its occasional corporate partner Pfizer announced they had developed an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, biotech researchers have salivated over the promise of using mRNA vaccines on other pathogens.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2022
One of the smaller girls salivated so heavily the chocolate dribbled syruplike from the comer of her mouth.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
