wet
adjective
moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid.
wets
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present tense formof wet (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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At night, she now wets a hand towel and lays it across the end of her bed.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
A sniff of a rotting old chair frightens Indy so much, he wets the rug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
So the 45-year-old wets her hair, cooks outside on a propane grill and keeps the lights off indoors.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
Hauser has found that people will give their lawns a quick watering in the morning and evening, but that can be a wasted effort that wets the soil’s surface and doesn’t get to the roots.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021
She wets a rag and places it under my neck and after awhile the bleeding stops.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
