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I read a brief extract of his new novel on the train and it has rather whetted my appetite for it.

Such sentiments are helping to put the kibosh on the risk appetite whetted by the EU bailout announcement over the weekend.

Somehow all this anguish and excitement, all the grief and histrionics, only whetted my appetite.

The men hold huge cleavers, which are in a few strokes whetted to razor sharpness on nearby rocks.

One of my teachers lent me a book about climbing, and it really whetted my appetite.

His unexpectedly decisive victory over the French at Agincourt in 1415 whetted his appetite for the crown of France as well.

he whetted her appetite to stay in the company by supplying high salary.

When the bear saw this, his appetite was whetted and he wanted some nuts as well.

Far from satiating voters' thirst for blood, the speaker's decapitation may have whetted it.

As the stimulus forced down interest rates, it eventually whetted investors' appetite for riskier assets like stocks.

The sound of the scythe being whetted makes us cast more lingering looks at the flower-sprinkled tresses of the meadows.

The old man whetted his scythe so hard that a long shower of sparks flew out on the grass.

I appreciate injury my person, is the will that she whetted to practice me; .

Both wines exhibited great fruit characters and whetted the palate for the MAIN EVENT.

Portsmouth boss Paul Hart said: "It whetted my appetite to think that we could get a player of Steve's calibre here. "

Arch spat some more tobacco juice on his boot top and whetted the jackknife blade some more.

Mr. Koizumi also whetted Japan's appetite for more decisive leaders unafraid to make tough choices.

TYPICAL USE: You'd think she would never climb again, after falling down the mountain, but it just whetted her appetite.

The ambrosial aroma of the roast whetted our appetites.

Mrs Merkel has whetted Germany's appetite for cheap, secure, green energy.

Hopefully, this article has whetted your appetite to dig farther into ZFS.

His words whetted my curiosity(imagination).

Have the screenshots whetted your appetite?

The smell of the barbecue whetted my appetite.

The cook chortled while he whetted his knife to butcher the turtle.

Mr Zuma says his appetite for hosting the Olympics is whetted.

That first visit to China just whetted her appetite.

I'm so hungry. That candy just whetted my appetite.

He whetted his knife on the stone.

Winning the Davis Cup last year whetted his appetite; he said bye to gluten, and the serve became a useful weapon.

the benefit bandit shallow, not only strengthened physical endowment, but also whetted to practice a will.

It is very evident what mean and sneaking lives many of you live, for my sight has been whetted by experience;

i knew the steely ire i had whetted