salivate
verb (used without object)
to produce saliva.
were salivating
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past progressiveof salivate.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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“All of us were salivating at the opportunity and the chance and when he flipped that over to showcase my name, I melted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
And by the looks of his kids who were salivating over the food, they were ready to crown him Father of the Year for allowing them to eat as many tacos as they wanted.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
Hargreaves Lansdown senior investment and markets analyst Susannah Streeter said enthusiasts were "salivating for every nugget of news about the future" of cryptocurrency.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2021
Howard Endelman, a former Columbia tennis star who is the associate men's coach, said his players were salivating over Ancic's surprise arrival on campus.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2012
“We can smell what you’re baking all the way down at our house. We were salivating over our cornflakes.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
