wet

Example Sentences

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A warm start to spring after a mild, wet winter has meant optimal conditions for a vivid display of spring flowers in some places this year.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

By the time they reached Fort Clatsop on the Pacific coast, the smaller group was cold, wet and hungry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

If future winters are mild, wet and wind may have long-term impacts, not just on land, but also in our marine environment and coastal ecology and health.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

It turns your gift into a slap in the face with a wet fish.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

“The Old Man of the Mountains doesn’t get wet if he doesn’t want to.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls