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
This shower had wetted the dust of the track, and Dick at once saw clear, heavy footmarks, as if a man had quite lately walked along the path and gone on.
From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by John Finnemore
The rain had wetted the shaly surface of the incline.
From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy
During one of the rests, when he had wetted his parched mouth and throat, he found opportunity to pour a little water from his canteen into Warren's.
From Desert Gold by Zane Grey
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
