Slavering definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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"And I'd much rather be thought a hypocrite, even a sanctimonious one, than a ravening, slavering--I can't think of the technical name for a female wolf, so--_wolfess_, running around with teeth and claws bared, looking for another kill You do get results, I admit."

—Masters of Space

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Drooling; defiling with saliva.

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They were huge and slavering, their teeth gleaming white, their eyes gleaming red. — Up In A Heaval
Others have described the peculiar slavering, sucking sounds that the creatures made as they gasped for breath, heaving convulsively as they groped about in our heavy atmosphere. — F ;SF - vol 090 issue 03 - March 1996
Slavering humans fought non-slavering humans What about the Choth? — F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 03 - September 1996
Were they slavering or non-slavering The Choth always slaver. — F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 03 - September 1996
He felt ridiculous standing there in his shorts with a slavering were-creature and a masked robber in his living room. — F ;SF - vol 103 issue 06 - December 2002