Example Sentences

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He had nightmares about his father, who had disappeared back home, and was wetting the bed.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2018

I was in such a state that I was wetting the bed and sleeping underneath it.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2017

"I actually had a bit of barricade between us so that he couldn't see that I was wetting myself."

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2012

The deceptive little rain was wetting the collar of Patty’s T-shirt.

From The New Yorker • May 24, 2010

“Am I to fill my mouth with clay? Am I to be lectured by one who was wetting his loincloth when I was out buying cattle for my family?”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer