- present participle of wet.
wetting
Example Sentences
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The initial restart was ahead of schedule, but months of inactivity allowed water to accumulate in parts of the mine, wetting the ore and necessitating new loading equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
But at Dilley, she regressed behaviorally, wetting herself after years without accidents and begging to breastfeed again despite being 6 years old.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
You never want to be their target, but watching their vicious crowd work from a safe distance mainly places you in danger of wetting yourself with a spit-take.
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026
In that context, it's hard to imagine the sport getting to a place collectively where artificially wetting the track is considered something acceptable.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025
She got disgusted with wetting on the floor and took to going outside.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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