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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use wet one's whistle in a sentence
He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERTurn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSRobert uttered a shrill, piercing whistle which might have been heard back at the wharf.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINThe farmer told him it was six miles; "but," he added, "you must ride sharp, or you will get a wet jacket before you reach it."
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSGoodell paused in the doorway and emitted a whistle of surprise at sight of a horse in one of the stalls.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRNo; they shall stay at home, and never learn anything, sooner than go and get wet.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSThen he goes out, gits into his Pullman section, blows his punkin whistle and departs.
ALEC LLOYD, COWPUNCHERELEANOR GATESHer fat red cheeks would quiver with emotion, and be wet with briny tears, over the sorrows of Mr. Trollope's heroines.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSA traveler coming, wet and cold, into a country ale-house on the coast of Kent, found the fire completely blockaded.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSHe only tore himself from her reluctant arms as the final whistle sounded from the engine.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSWORDS RELATED TO WET ONE'S WHISTLE
- absorbed
- belted
- boozed
- consumed
- dissipated
- downed
- drained
- gargled
- gulped
- guzzled
- hit the bottle
- imbibed
- indulged
- inhaled
- irrigated
- lapped
- liquor up
- nipped
- partake of
- pulled on
- put away
- quaffed
- sipped
- sloshed
- slurped
- soaked up
- sopped
- sponged
- sucked
- swallowed
- swigged
- swilled
- tanked up
- thirsted
- tippled
- toasted
- tossed off
- washed down
- wet one's whistle
- wet whistle
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.