rewetting

present participle of rewet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewetting
Verb
  • The best way to prevent them is to always dry your sink after rinsing it.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • If their numbers are small, rinsing your daylilies with a strong blast of water from your garden hose is often sufficient to get rid of them.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Plumbers recommend flushing a hot water heater once a year to clear out the sediment.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The singer and reality star, 31, tied the knot with film producer Jared Safier in December — six months after making headlines for flushing an engagement ring from ex-fiancé Chris Sheng down the toilet and long after rising to fame for marrying ex-husband Doug Hutchinson as a teenager.
    Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But this time, instead of being used as a dunking tool, the bread is baked right on top.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Dude was a slant master, dinking and dunking to his heart’s delight, forcing safeties to creep up and putting linebackers on their heels.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As images reach us in fragments, sound weaves a continuity from off-screen to on-screen, carrying the emotion through the film and irrigating the streams of images, like water flowing.
    Cátia Rodrigues, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Thirsty data That Lake Mead’s worth of water that has disappeared from beneath the lower Colorado basin has gone largely to irrigating alfalfa and other food for cows, much of which is exported.
    Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the final step, Rag & Bone overdyes the garments, saturating pieces to add depths of tone and contrast.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Set the pot in a shallow pool of water so the soil will absorb water over a few hours, saturating the potting media.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.
    Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Footage of the ordeal, which Anaver shared on his Facebook page that Sunday morning, showed many of his belongings sloshing around in the water inside his home as the storm passed through.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The ex-Stoughton police officer accused of grooming, impregnating and then killing Canton woman Sandra Birchmore has been charged in a new indictment with causing the death of her unborn child, according to court documents.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • With his free time, he is typically found impregnating other time traveler Geillis Duncan or hitting on Claire.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Bitcoin was last trading 5% lower on the day at $100,893, dipping at one point as low as $99,966.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Davis' ice dancing partner kicked off his season 18 strong, scoring straight 9s and never dipping below a rare 7.
    Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Rewetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rewetting. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.

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