as in drooling
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm
the neighbors invited us over just so we could enthuse over their new car
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Surrounded by a gaggle of microphones, cameras and other recording devices, Caleb Wilson offered up a nugget that probably left fans of North Carolina’s NBA team drooling.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2026 -
The dog, Russ, drowsed on the floor at his owner’s feet, drooling onto the tile.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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If your sleep has been suffering, consider this your sign to try what thousands of users are raving about.—
Jill Layton,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Coulon’s highlights included the 1976 Lichtenstein interior still life that everyone was raving about, and a Christopher Wool text painting from 1989 that has been in the same collection for 30 years.—
Bettina Zilkha,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Ken writes like a poet, gushing about his love for dinosaurs and making a stirring argument for why studying dinosaurs means something.—
Steve Brusatte,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2026
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Bush Hager, who shares daughters Mila and Poppy, 10, as well as son Hal, 6, with husband Henry Hager, also shared a sweet video of the birthday girl as a baby, where Hager and Bush Hager can be heard gushing over their little girl in the background.—
Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Enthusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enthusing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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