Example Sentences

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The Girl Scouts are whetting your cookie appetite six months early.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022

Already the Senatorial "diehards" arid irreconcilables, who unsuccessfully fumed against the Court last winter, are whetting their axes for a new battle.

From Time Magazine Archive

She laid her hand on Herr Arne's arm and asked him: "How can it be that they are whetting such long knives at Branehog this evening?"

From The Treasure by Lagerlöf, Selma

The Italians are whetting their swords, and France herself is preparing for the possibility of a new state of affairs.

From Napoleon and Blucher by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

Ah, if scythes are whetting, the reapers will soon be harvesting the golden grain!

From Chantecler Play in Four Acts by Rostand, Edmond