Sentence examples for wetting down from inspiring English sources

The event was Lieutenant Eaves's "wetting down," a celebration officers hold for colleagues after a promotion.

While wetting down a vehicle that has dried may seem counterintuitive, a thorough freshwater rinse can help limit corrosion.

The best way to reduce the risk of ember attack in a worked area of the mine was through wetting down coalfaces or covering exposed coal with retardants such as clay, the report said.

"Informal measures" taken against rough sleepers are most commonly a flashlight in the face and a barked order to move on, but they could also be iron spikes suddenly appearing in a sleeping-spot, or the delightful practice of "wetting down" – hosing down areas where people sleep rough with ice-cold water, making them uninhabitable.

The shampoo will remove the oil more readily if it is applied before wetting down the cat.

"Ask about wetting down the track so it's not dusty," Weiner said, and staff members all around the room wrote down that note.

We wanted to wet down the meadows around her house.

The pastry chef, Kim Bugler, looked after the children while Ms. Belkin wet down some napkins.

Models with dry slept-in hair needed to be wetted down and mussed up.

Inside stood a terrified Jap in nothing but shorts being throroughly wetted down by the automatic sprinkler system.

I wet down the bathtub, the toilet, and the sink, and shook the Soilax evenly across every surface.