drool
verb (used without object)
to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
were drooling
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past progressiveof drool.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Japanese clubs were drooling at the prospect of grabbing Otani at the 2012 draft but he dashed their hopes by announcing his intention to go straight to Major League Baseball.
From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 2014
With Sam Bradford under center, Rams fans were drooling over the prospects of bringing in Oklahoma State’s Justin Blackmon as the stud receiver he’s been missing early in his career.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2011
They were drooling at their mouths, their wiry crests stood up like brushes, and their snarling fangs were bared to their red gums.
From The Grizzly King by James Oliver Curwood
Advertisers were drooling over the prospect of people proposing names for this planet on box-tops!
From Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster
