Salivating is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Salivating in a sentence
Salivating meaning
present participle and gerund of salivate
Using Salivating
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of salivate
- In the example corpus, salivating often appears in combinations such as: salivating at, salivating over, are salivating.
Context around Salivating
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Salivating
- In this selection, "salivating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, currently, agents, freiermuth and portion stand out and add context to how "salivating" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are currently salivating over what and ben are salivating at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "salivating" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with salivating
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After watching this match, Iceland will be salivating. (8 words)
It's not just rocket rides that have companies salivating. (10 words)
Messi and Mbappe are salivating at the thought of taking up the flanks. (13 words)
Because even after so many years of salivating over food travel shows (there’s truly no job that sounds more appealing than traveling the world through food), Nosrat’s version surprised and thrilled me in just about every way. (39 words)
The area it describes, a light industrial zone in West Perth bounded by Newcastle Street and the Mitchell Freeway and Charles and Loftus streets, was not the kind of place to get real estate agents salivating. (36 words)
That sets up well in Pittsburgh and should have Freiermuth salivating at the opportunity to put a tough 2023 season behind him and get back to being a top 8-10 tight end in the NFL. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Meanwhile, all those currently salivating over Boris, Trump and Wee Burney's post-office legal difficulties care to pause for thought.
Messi and Mbappe are salivating at the thought of taking up the flanks.
The area it describes, a light industrial zone in West Perth bounded by Newcastle Street and the Mitchell Freeway and Charles and Loftus streets, was not the kind of place to get real estate agents salivating.
Now, nothing tops off a salivating portion of black-eyed peas like some good old turkey neck meat or bacon fat for flavor, according to my mother.
That sets up well in Pittsburgh and should have Freiermuth salivating at the opportunity to put a tough 2023 season behind him and get back to being a top 8-10 tight end in the NFL.
The Trump campaign was probably salivating all day for the chance to get this entire interview out there.
Besides the hilarious premise, the ad is also quite effective in that it will have your taste buds salivating for the deliciousness of chips and guac.
Fantasy owners of Big Ben are salivating at the prospects of Roethlisberger facing a Dallas defense ranked 28th in yards per catch allowed (11.9) and tied for third with 17 touchdown passes allowed.
It's not just rocket rides that have companies salivating.
It was McGregor's first appearance in the Octagon for nearly 18 months and fan will now be salivating at the ever-more-likely prospect of a rematch between the Dubliner and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
My former high school classmate Tyler Alexander, a 25-year-old who works in marketing, told me he’s “salivating” at all the attention our state is getting.
The Ultra Instinct Sign form had been utilized multiple times across the Tournament of Power arc, so it was obvious that fans were salivating at the opportunity to finally witness the perfected form in action.
Devin McCourty, Patrick Chung and Duron Harmon had to have been salivating when they fired up the projector this week.
Murphy will be great soon and Jones has real future potential but opponent offenses must now be marking the Cardinals on their schedules salivating to get at the team.
They are currently salivating over what Elon tells them is going to be the Truck of Tomorrow.
Unfortunately, further details on the project were not disclosed, leaving classic PlayStation fans salivating for more information.
When the first of the prophecies comes true, Macbeth begins salivating at the possibility that the final one will, as well.
After watching this match, Iceland will be salivating.
As ever with Jones, he could see past the ridiculous returns of tackles and carries that had everyone else salivating and honed in the fallibilities that few noticed.
Because even after so many years of salivating over food travel shows (there’s truly no job that sounds more appealing than traveling the world through food), Nosrat’s version surprised and thrilled me in just about every way.
Common combinations with salivating
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- salivating at 8×
- salivating over 6×
- are salivating 3×
- salivating for 3×
- currently salivating 2×
- be salivating 2×