The delicious smells coming from the kitchen served to whet our appetites for dinner. From LearnThat.org.
What has been given us does but whet the appetite. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860] Reference
Heoroward the well-whet, though kind to him were he. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
But "Hannibal" isn't likely to whet your appetite for more. From Wordnik.com. [Knock, Knock. Who's There?] Reference
whet my appetite. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Theres a pair of imbeciles around here called whet (nee sven) and ashie for perfect examples of such stupidity. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Do you think this had kind of whet your appetite for more animation?. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzine » Angelina Jolie] Reference
'But then when I heard about the players who were going to play in the league, it kind of whet my appetite to want to try it again.'. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Appeasing the right does nothing except whet their appetite. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Kuttner: Zillions for Wall Street, Zippo for Barack's Old Neighborhood] Reference
Satisfaction, whet our Appetites, and get Meat too for them. From Wordnik.com. [The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing] Reference
Difficulties served to whet Sir Donald's desire for success. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
But Morani continued to whet his knife with smiling unction. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
What, then, is the meaning of "Hurrah," and in whet language?. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.] Reference
The sight of her distress seemed to whet his appetite for cruelty. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
In the meantime, here are some preview clips to whet your appetite. From Wordnik.com. [Top Chef DC: Season 7 Coverage & How Things Stand] Reference
That whet his appetite for the cinema, but Padilha wanted to direct. From Wordnik.com. [What's Doing In Rio?] Reference
She skipped like a painter, and whet up her teeth for a whalin 'bite. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
Just a little food for thought, to whet your appetite in the meantime. From Wordnik.com. [Jenni Avins: Of Food and Fashion: Featuring Mina Stone] Reference
After grinding it is necessary to whet the chisel and other edged tools. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Death in its ghastliest forms only seemed to whet the thirst for the drink. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
Council seemed to whet the appetites for the consideration of the wrongs of the East. From Wordnik.com. [Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm] Reference
And online gambling might whet the appetites of millions for the real casino experience. From Wordnik.com. [Prohibition Ii: Good Grief] Reference
Whereupon he suddenly began to whet his scythe with such vim as positively startled Betty. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
We chose a few to whet your appetite, and lure you into a new way of seeing and tasting food. From Wordnik.com. [Melanie Nayer: 9 Best Hotels With Michelin-Star Restaurants (PHOTOS)] Reference
Indeed, it seemed only to whet the appetite, and we both set out on an eager expedition for more food. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Her words were gospel to him; and her frequent invisibility seemed only to whet his appetite for to-morrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Labour insists that's quite enough: Nationalists reckon the new powers will just whet the appetite for more. From Wordnik.com. [Blue, White, Red] Reference
Then they all began to whet the knives on the forks, shrieking at the top of their lungs, "We want dragon meat!". From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
Three rows, or four, of books -- and a few old prints -- may be examined from the front; these whet the appetite. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
The fact that they were in the minority in point of population served only to whet their appetites for more power. From Wordnik.com. [Expansion and Conflict] Reference
In 2000, to whet the public's appetite, an outpost was set up with 120 dazzling works in a far corner of the Louvre. From Wordnik.com. [Sex, Birth, Death and God] Reference
The familiar liquorice and berry flavor whet my mouth, but as it traveled down my throat, it left an unfamiliar bitter aftertaste. From Wordnik.com. [The Witch from Bilbao] Reference
As an introductory gift to YOU and to whet your appetite, we are GIVING YOU our first Cuéntame Latin music album ever - FOR FREE!. From Wordnik.com. [Axel W. Caballero: Love music and politics? Here is a gift for you] Reference
Oh! do read the Second Book, for we can afford but a few extracts; and, to whet you up, shall prate to you a few minutes about it. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Nominated as best rock band for the LA Weekly Music Award, Silversun Pickups only whet our appetite for more with their debut disc. From Wordnik.com. [Cuing Up the Year's Best Music] Reference
As an introductory gift to YOU and to whet your appetite, we are GIVING YOU our first Cuéntame Latin music album ever -- FOR FREE!. From Wordnik.com. [Axel W. Caballero: Love Music and Politics? Here Is a Gift for You] Reference
"A big dividend usually whet investor appetite for a stock," said Mr. Rodrigo, whose year-end target price for San Miguel is 75 pesos. From Wordnik.com. [San Miguel to Raise $1.6 Billion in Share Offering] Reference
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