Reporting such as this whetted the appetites of Dylan fans. That abridged version of a movie apparently whetted listeners' appetites for the real thing. Martha had enjoyed London itself and the excursion had whetted her appetite for travel. His stay in Cuba also whetted his appetite for Hispanic literature and culture. The limited opportunities to practice whetted Feild's appetite. Salt's book "Plea for Vegetarianism" whetted my appetite for dietetic studies. The relative ease with which Arakan was taken whetted Bodawpaya's appetite for war. The board's fight to keep the series alive whetted the public's appetite for symphony concerts. It was his early exposure to business that whetted his entrepreneurial instincts. His greed whetted, Storm investigates further. The shop is a success, but Pierre's ambitions are only whetted. So if your interest isn't whetted by this time, you're not a journalist. Rimsky-Korsakov's interest in pantheism was whetted by the folkloristic studies of Alexander Afanasyev.