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Six example sentences with whet, each labelled with its topic.
A spoonful of the broth was enough to whet appetites that the long walk had already sharpened.
Cooking
The demo whets curiosity without answering anything, which is exactly why the forums argued for six months.
Gaming
Short chapters that end mid-scene whet the reader's impatience and keep the paperback moving off the shelves.
Literature
A ten-second product teaser whetted investor interest so sharply that the founders filled their seed round within a week.
Startups
The opening act whets the crowd's hunger for the headliner, playing three songs and leaving the stage without an encore.
Music
A trailer should whet curiosity rather than satisfy it, which is why the best ones hide the second half of the plot.
Movies
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