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verb

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as in to drool
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth the panting dog driveled on my hand

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of drivel
Noun
Not even Dunst could elevate this slapdash slice of man-child drivel. 33. Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024 There was a time when the department would have pushed back on such drivel, but with a spineless, left-lib commissioner, that didn’t happen. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024
Verb
Our campuses are a mess — citadels of conformism and drivel. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023 Gretchen Bender superimposes potent phrases or ideas onto television screens blaring out the usual stream of nonsense, drivel and enticement. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for drivel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drivel
Noun
  • But the Dutton nephew is not hearing any of that nonsense.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The 38-piece capsule captures the show’s sense of kooky nautical nonsense, the lovable yellow sponge’s face crocheted into a pipsqueak-sized tote bag, printed onto swim trunks, and plastered on slingback espadrilles.
    Violet Goldstone, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • There’s a reason scouts once drooled over Williams’ potential.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Symptoms from scorpion stings — such as burning at the sting site, drooling.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The camera then zooms out of the hospital window, showing the family happily chattering as snow falls.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Louis Vuitton has launched the LV Biker MM, a new signature bag masterminded by artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière, and the chattering fashion classes are already angling to invest.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Lira, remembering the garbage, quickly takes out the trash.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Leave the garbage can open and place it in the sun to fully dry before closing it or putting a garbage bag in it.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Verb
  • But the turbines are very inefficient, and are also spitting out pollutants—not just CO2 but nitrous oxide and formaldehyde.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Instead of just spitting out an answer, a chatbot with reasoning abilities could dissect a question and provide multiple, specific responses accounting for different scenarios.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Fest latest: Glasgow Film Festival industry boss Samantha Andie Bennett chatted with Diana about a busy year.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Or if, in the case of Bumble’s Concierge service, two bots are chatting with each other while each person goes about their day, how will daters know if there is actually a connection based on who each of them really is?
    Myisha Battle, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025

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“Drivel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drivel. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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