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[hwet, wet] / ʰwɛt, wɛt /




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She whet his palate with detailed reports dissecting the southern Italian dialect spoken by his grandmother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Here are a few tales to whet your appetite - or perhaps put you off your dinner.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

The idea, Disney officials said, is to whet people’s appetites and encourage upgrades to the full bundle.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

“Dune: Prophecy,” a prequel based on Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s “Great Schools of Dune” trilogy, has about six hours to set the table and whet our appetite.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2024

I let him have a quick nibble of the cake just to whet his appetite.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl




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