How to Use slobber in a Sentence

slobber

1 of 2 verb
  • The puppy slobbered all over me.
  • Her baby just slobbered on the blanket.
  • The pig slobbers mud on my right leg as Grace jaunts away.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • She's found that a walnut finish hides slobber residue on kitchen cabinets between frequent wipe-downs.
    — Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • Hijinks ensue, but no actual harm comes to big, slobbering Beethoven.
    — Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • 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
  • Naomie Harris might soon be facing off against Tom Hardy’s slobbering symbiote.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Incontestably, love letters are, very often, slobbering slop.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Get tickets here or get marginally more information here, and/or read my overly long slobbering praise of w00tstock here.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010
  • No more Romo slobbering, Star Wars is dead & what's the best time for an NFL game?
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Was slobbering over Game of Thrones more important than word of mouth and powerful marketing?
    — The Hive, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Three dogs live there too, slobbering all over everything and shedding so much that twice-daily vacuuming is sometimes necessary.
    — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • The testing period went on for weeks and included lots of slobbering, chewing, snuggling, snoozing, batting and chasing.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • The true villain is Herod, who, in his hypocritical mixture of slobbering lust and grandstanding moralism, is a model man of power.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • 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 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
  • Related stories from Kansas City Star Boy found ‘slobbering at the mouth’ in 94-degree car.
    — Jared Gilmour, kansascity, 5 June 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • With some coaxing, Lindy looks out and is horrified to realize that none of her coworkers are in the office — except Bertie Lester, who is being eaten by some sort of giant slobbering bug.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 31 May 2024
  • Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon… MSNBC has no facts and no audience.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2025

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.
  • The dog was also covered in slobber.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • So what exactly qualifies as calf slobber, and where did the name come from?
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The vets also said Henry was covered in slobber.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Valerie Bertinelli isn’t grossed out by a little dog slobber.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Pet urine and feces from accidents or animals who mark their territory can also add bad odors, and dog breeds that drool excessively can smell worse thanks to extra slobber.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

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