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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
Supposedly inspired by an improv exercise, the scene manages to say more about man’s relationship to power than any of the drivel that spills out of Cesar Catalina’s Emersonian mind. Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024 With pay cable and streaming gaining a bigger and bigger foothold, Duffy kept looking for shows that deserved a wider audience while steering readers away from formulaic drivel. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 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
  • The other side in a debate with common sense is nonsense.
    Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
  • That kind of no-nonsense mentality cuts right through all the nonsense and puts the focus on the work.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Now the babble about them is back.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Mesopotamian corpses, stirred by the babble of trade, wander the halls wrapped in shrouds of extravagant malice.
    David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
Verb
  • Naturally, the post attracted over 16,000 comments of women drooling over him.
    Essence, Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Flores will drool across the Irish Sea this week at the thought of welcoming a rookie quarterback making his first NFL start.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With every enemy dead, the familiar sounds of the Halo universe are gone — there’s no Grunts squeaking insults or Jackals chattering in another language.
    Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • While some kids seem to chatter nonstop before age 2, others may take a little longer to find their words.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After an effort to create a Falls of the Ohio national park fell short in 1967, Kentucky and Indiana officials struggled to stop the falls from becoming a garbage dump.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Generally, what happens to the White House’s trash is secret—at least as of 2018, which was apparently the last time the federal government released any information on where Oval Office garbage goes.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The day of the invasion had been thick with heat, the kind that made the air above the sidewalk kebab spits ripple with diesel smoke.
    Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • So that time in the dugout, that time pregame, spitting seeds, the conversations that take place postgame, those are so crucial.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Amid all the fanfare, the SKIMS founder had a chance to chat with Variety on the carpet and admitted that going incognito was a last minute decision that her makeup artist wasn't so pleased about.
    Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • With all that, and more to come, including the final selections and programming categories of world premieres and more, Hernandez chatted with me about what Sundance is planning for 2026, the loss of Bob Redford, and what’s in store for the big move to Boulder, CO for the 2027 festival.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Drivel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drivel. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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