wet
adjective
moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid.
had wetted
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past perfectof wet.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She had wetted them with her tears, and the twist was strong as a cable.
From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by H. W. (Henry William) Dulcken
And I, for my part, though I could scarcely cry for eager listening, was worse off perhaps than if I had wetted each sad fact as it went by.
From Erema — My Father's Sin by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Continual rain had wetted their ammunition and tinder, and they were then without fire or victuals: upon which Mr. Wilson and the coxswain set out, on Saturday afternoon, to acquaint us with their situation.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
After a shower had wetted the string and made it a conductor, he was able to draw sparks from it with a key and to charge a Leyden jar.
From The Story of Electricity by John Munro
When we reached our hotel it was about sunset, and the heavy dew had wetted us through, as though we had been walking in the rain.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Edward Burnett Tylor
