enthuse

as in to drool
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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Recent Examples of enthuse With his pen Tuesday, Polis passed into law one of the year’s most contentious pieces of legislation — which no one, including the governor, had been particularly enthused about. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 5 June 2025 Make plans with your friends, as Venus enthuses Jupiter on June 4. Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025 Your vibe is contagious, so those around you will be enthused with positivity—so much so that no one will have anything to complain about in your presence. Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 10 June 2025 The Club is not enthused over the set up into earnings. Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for enthuse
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Verb
  • Alice killing Jane gets its own paragraph: After awkwardly running like Taylor Swift in that treadmill commercial, Alice hops over Jane, grabs her by the throat, and feeds her to a drooling wolf.
    Wolfgang Ruth, Vulture, 1 May 2025
  • Symptoms may include excessive panting, glazed eyes, lethargy, drooling, vomiting, or confusion.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
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  • IndieWire’s David Ehrlich raved about this brilliant movie out of Sundance with an A-grade review.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Superman was a hot mess of a movie, but fans and critics alike raved about it.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While walking the red carpet of Nobody 2, Stone stayed tight-lipped about her mysterious role in Euphoria's third season, but was happy to gush about Dane, who is returning to the HBO drama after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • At the time of writing the clip has been watched 3.7 million times, with viewers left gushing at the adorable nature of it all.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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  • Inside, Seán glanced briefly away from the television as the women fussed at Orla’s return.
    Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
  • But other times, windows would be rearranged seemingly at random, with unused space and weird gaps that require you to fuss around and move all your windows around again.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025

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