Sample Sentences for
whet
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    Her review whet my appetite to read the book.
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    Her question whet my curiosity.
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    His glimpse that he have had, whet his appetite only and enkeen his desire.  (source)
    whet = increased (a desire)
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    Surely, thought Navot, the success of the attack had only whetted his lust for infidel blood.†  (source)
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    I did express my concerns whet, you appointed —†  (source)
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    The dwarf had been whetting the edge of his axe and making some mordant jest when Bronn spotted the banner the riders carried before them, the moon-and-falcon of House Arryn, sky-blue and white.†  (source)
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    Because there is a force that wants you to realize your destiny; it whets your appetite with a taste of success.  (source)
    whets = increases (a desire)
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    You think of your readers, those carrion feeders, and all your typesetters, those wretched abettors, and saber-whetters.†  (source)
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    Mr Halloway whetted his forefinger, tested the wind, and sent a cumulus her way.†  (source)
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    Then I went out into the kitchen, took the steel out of the rack and began to whet the bayonet.†  (source)
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    The elf was whetting his long knife.†  (source)
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    I was watching to see where he kept his razor, when lo and behold, he takes the harpoon from the bed corner, slips out the long wooden stock, unsheathes the head, whets it a little on his boot, and striding up to the bit of mirror against the wall, begins a vigorous scraping, or rather harpooning of his cheeks.†  (source)
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    All this, though it whetted my curiosity, told me little that was definite.†  (source)
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