Example Sentences

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In this tempest in a spit bucket, the Drys come across as virtue signalers, while the Wets are unnecessarily defensive.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2022

He supplied a certificate of authenticity duly signed, because it was essential to differentiate the “New Shelton Wets” selected by him from ordinary New Shelton Wets available in shops.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2011

Due to the pressure of the local "Wets," "Old Sawney," an ardent Prohibitionist, found it expedient to move.

From Time Magazine Archive

Disappointed grumblings of Wets against this Commission policy were summed up by thunder-voiced Senator John James Elaine of Wisconsin: "The Commission is dodging the very job for which it was created."

From Time Magazine Archive

It seems there are two De Wets, Piet and Christian.

From In the Ranks of the C.I.V. by Childers, Erskine