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Meanings of whet the appetite in English

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Usage of whet the appetite in English
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So there is plenty to whet the appetite for the main event tomorrow.
The Irish Times
2
One fortune here only seems to whet the appetite of a New Yorker.
The Tempting of Tavernake
3
So plenty to whet the appetite for the championship encounter tomorrow.
The Irish Times
4
Bloodletting is supererogatory anyway, and serves merely to whet the appetite.
Down There
5
A handful of off-season signings helped to whet the appetite of Chiefs' huge fanbase.
The South African
6
What has been given us does but whet the appetite.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 / A Magazin...
7
They whet the appetite more than they appease it.
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
8
Somehow it all seems merely to whet the appetite.
The Irish Times
9
It's wonderful the way corn shuckin' manages to parch the throat an' whet the appetite.
The Miller Of Old Church
10
We have selected womenswear and menswear fashion buys at big reductions to whet the appetite.
The Irish Times
11
The millet cakes were a token only and did little more than whet the appetite.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
12
Look at these suggestions to whet the appetite.
News.com.au
13
Gerald Barry's existing Beethoven pieces whet the appetite for the Beethoven opera he has talked about.
The Irish Times
14
The extracts from the Sagas which are furnished must whet the appetite of students of Norse literature.
The Land of the Long Night
15
I could swallow it, enjoy the bouquet of it, like a fine wine to whet the appetite.
Cerulean Sins
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I doubt many people attempted it more than once: humiliation doesn't tend to whet the appetite for seconds.
The Guardian
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