How to Use slobber in a Sentence

slobber

1 of 2 verb
Definition of slobbernext
Synonyms for slobbernext
  • The puppy slobbered all over me.
  • Her baby just slobbered on the blanket.
  • Let two teams slobber, breathe and sweat all over each other for three hours?
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2020
  • The prospect of bison slobbering on my grandson did not warm my heart.
    — Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Trail fiends can slobber over the two-door Badlands trail rig, which includes a Warn winch, tube doors, and the inevitable roof rack.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Next to the couch was the parents’ bed, draped with other dogs, including the giant, filthy, slobbering St. Bernard, and at least three of the girls.
    — Ted Conover, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • Fortunately for Shaq, Kerr doesn’t seem all that into the idea of the big man slobbering all over his toes.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2019
  • Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache.
    — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Think of Ivan Pavlov’s slobbering dogs, trained to salivate upon hearing a bell, even if they weren’t tempted with food.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 22 May 2017
  • Think of Ivan Pavlov’s slobbering dogs, trained to salivate upon hearing a bell, even if they weren’t tempted with food.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 22 May 2017
  • Naomie Harris might soon be facing off against Tom Hardy’s slobbering symbiote.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Related stories from Kansas City Star Boy found ‘slobbering at the mouth’ in 94-degree car.
    — Jared Gilmour, kansascity, 5 June 2018
  • For seven years, Trip has wobbled and slobbered his way into the hearts of Butler University players and fans.
    — Dean Reynolds, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • In 2004, Helming’s barking, slobbering Newfoundland named Josh was a bow wow, winning best in show.
    — Ben Walker, The Seattle Times, 11 Feb. 2018
  • In the video, Myron slobbers on Ari's stoic face before getting playful with another of her beloved pets, the beagle-chihuahua mix Toulouse.
    — Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, 25 Sep. 2018
  • Much as Pavlov trained his dog to slobber at a sound, Kamran dropped various smelly compounds into tanks full of pinkie-length salmon fry, then added food pellets to get the fish to associate the odors with their meals.
    — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
  • Was slobbering over Game of Thrones more important than word of mouth and powerful marketing?
    — The Hive, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Bailey proved a charismatic if unpredictable surrogate, whacking things with his tail, rolling around with his paws in the air, munching on hoodies and slobbering on the volunteers.
    — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2020
  • In this seasonal crop of children’s books, readers can ramble on the beach, smash watermelons (and friendships) at summer camp, go hiking with a tiger and, on the very last day of summer, get slobbered on by a time-traveling platypus.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 24 May 2019
  • Also sharing the premises is a large, slobbering bull mastiff dog, because no family film should be without adorable canine reaction shots.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Bloomberg presumably has enough money to buy a personal pizza for himself instead of slobbering up whatever his campaign staffers have ordered.
    — TheWeek, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Football players slobber all over one other, but they are being regularly tested, and being on a team arguably gives them additional incentive to be careful—to wear masks and avoid parties.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Good government is about being transparent, and this is the latest instance of those in charge of our children’s safety making no pretense about being slobbering lapdogs for the National Rifle Association.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 June 2018
  • Splitting major categories into two sub-categories – drama, and musical or comedy -- gives Globes voters even more opportunity to slobber happily over works that probably won’t earn Oscar or Emmy nods.
    — oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The puppy slobbered all over me.
  • Her baby just slobbered on the blanket.
  • Let two teams slobber, breathe and sweat all over each other for three hours?
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2020
  • The prospect of bison slobbering on my grandson did not warm my heart.
    — Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Trail fiends can slobber over the two-door Badlands trail rig, which includes a Warn winch, tube doors, and the inevitable roof rack.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Next to the couch was the parents’ bed, draped with other dogs, including the giant, filthy, slobbering St. Bernard, and at least three of the girls.
    — Ted Conover, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
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slobber

2 of 2 noun
  • I couldn't make out any of the panhandler's slobber, but I gave the poor soul a buck anyway.
  • Momoa then gets up and laughs while wiping the slobber off his face.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Nyati will look at the patch and tell you what the young bull was eating five minutes ago by the slobber on his muzzle.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2017
  • There’s way too much batting around the beach ball and not nearly enough slobber-knocking in the trenches.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Your furry baby fills your life with love and joy; what’s a little slobber?
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 2 May 2019
  • Police were unable to recover the toys from Ben, due to an excess of slobber.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 20 Dec. 2019
  • My son, not one to linger when foreign baby slobber is enveloping one of his favorite toys, quickly snatched the toy out of the baby's hands.
    — Ida Lieszkovszky, cleveland.com, 27 Aug. 2017
  • The practice of curiosity leads us into a place of openness and wonder — a drooling for more without the slobber.
    — Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • Tongue hanging out, slobber trailing from his maw, the 4-year-old bulldog gives a push with his hind legs, hops up onto his custom skateboard and begins to cruise.
    — Nathan Pilling, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2017
  • But, until the drip, drip, drip of low-level grope-and-slobber stories accumulated, the case for his being pushed from office was not nearly as clear as the one against Conyers.
    — Michelle Cottle, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2017
  • For the slobbery dog: A purifying water fountain Dog bowls are filthy with dust, dirt, fur, and slobber—and depending on how thirsty the pet is, need to be refilled constantly.
    — Jessica Kasparian, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Out on the lab’s playground where the students, puppy and undergraduate alike, roll and wrestle and woof and slobber under that Carolina blue sky.
    — Daniel Dorsa, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Want a dog without all the yuck of slobber, belly rubs and unconditional devotion?
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 16 June 2020
  • Though gentle, the family weighs 460 pounds total, not including slobber.
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
  • For example, hydrogen peroxide can help clean the slobber off of your One Direction statue.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Orlando airport travelers might savor, in a way, squeaky cheeseburgers slathered in dog slobber.
    — Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • As Mackenzie Makatche and her mom conspired to bring more Newfoundland dogs into their family — as if her dad hadn’t noticed the seven beautiful, bear-like slobber factories taking over his house — Makatche’s mom shared her wish for their dogs.
    — Stephanie Farr, https://www.inquirer.com, 5 June 2019
  • Other than getting covered in grizzly slobber, the system displayed no damage whatsoever.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 May 2019
  • I couldn't make out any of the panhandler's slobber, but I gave the poor soul a buck anyway.
  • Momoa then gets up and laughs while wiping the slobber off his face.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Nyati will look at the patch and tell you what the young bull was eating five minutes ago by the slobber on his muzzle.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2017
  • There’s way too much batting around the beach ball and not nearly enough slobber-knocking in the trenches.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Your furry baby fills your life with love and joy; what’s a little slobber?
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 2 May 2019
  • Police were unable to recover the toys from Ben, due to an excess of slobber.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 20 Dec. 2019
  • My son, not one to linger when foreign baby slobber is enveloping one of his favorite toys, quickly snatched the toy out of the baby's hands.
    — Ida Lieszkovszky, cleveland.com, 27 Aug. 2017
  • The practice of curiosity leads us into a place of openness and wonder — a drooling for more without the slobber.
    — Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • Tongue hanging out, slobber trailing from his maw, the 4-year-old bulldog gives a push with his hind legs, hops up onto his custom skateboard and begins to cruise.
    — Nathan Pilling, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2017
  • But, until the drip, drip, drip of low-level grope-and-slobber stories accumulated, the case for his being pushed from office was not nearly as clear as the one against Conyers.
    — Michelle Cottle, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2017
  • For the slobbery dog: A purifying water fountain Dog bowls are filthy with dust, dirt, fur, and slobber—and depending on how thirsty the pet is, need to be refilled constantly.
    — Jessica Kasparian, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Out on the lab’s playground where the students, puppy and undergraduate alike, roll and wrestle and woof and slobber under that Carolina blue sky.
    — Daniel Dorsa, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2020

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