Example Sentences

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"I am quite provoked you should have wetted your feet in such a cause."

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

"Bedamn," he said, "but if I'd known that was to be the way it was to be I might as well have put him ashore there myself and not have wetted him."

From Priscilla's Spies by Birmingham, George A.

If we had waited any longer, the snow would have wetted them, and they would have stuck on the sides of the mountain.” 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis

We have made our showers to descend abundantly from heaven; we have caused the crops to grow; we have wetted the plantain bushes.

From The Great Taboo by Allen, Grant

The first was the complete absence of wind which must have raised waves that might have swamped me and would at any rate have wetted the rifle.

From Allan and the Holy Flower by Haggard, Henry Rider