How To Use Douse In A Sentence

Their bodies were then doused with petrol and burned in a garden. The Sun
All doctors have been doused in a variety of bodily fluids. Times, Sunday Times
She ran to alert neighbours who battled in vain to douse the blaze until firefighters arrived. The Sun
With a foul bottom we're only making 5 knots and I can't turn quickly enough, so we do a flying gybe, break a spreader on the main, almost throw the guests overboard, lose some cushions, douse sails, and tuck into Lameshur Bay, St. John.
A fire boat took ten minutes to douse the flames. The Sun

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My lifetime aversion to raisins, sultanas and currants meant mince pies were out and the Christmas pudding, burning with blue flames after being doused in brandy, was nothing more than an interesting spectacle.
Part of the overall drabness in this film emerges from the unescapable funnel effect of the visuals, which are doused in a cold blue-steel tint.
Weather conditions had been damp, and it seems that local firemen attending the rally "doused" the bonfire - constructed largely of wooden shipping pallets - with "diesel and another accelerant". The Register
She summoned super strength to pull a locked washing machine door open and grab a wet curtain to douse the flames. The Sun
I gratefully grab a cup from a girl in a yellow bib, take a couple of sips and pour the cold water over my head, feeling it douse my hair, run down my face and trickle onto my chest.
The transatlantic flight from Heathrow carried on to Miami after cabin crew grabbed a fire extinguisher to douse the blazing oven. The Sun
The bluesy southern stomp of Beautiful Sorta, with its restless energy and reckless singing, is doused in drink and James Dean fatalism, and finds Adams flailing around for the arms of a good woman to cling to.
He doused with petrol and inflammable glue 12 tonnes of illegally poached elephant tusks, worth almost ￡2m.
They doused the flames, salvaging most of the structure. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
They douse their children’s hands in antibacterial gel. The worms will save us all. « A Bird’s Nest
All unsold items were doused in petrol. Times, Sunday Times
Consider the most famous image to come out of the Vietnam War: a child doused in napalm, naked, arms upraised, shrieking with pain, running down the road toward us.
Firefighters had to douse the blaze. The Sun
To locate ( underground water or minerals ) with a divining rod ; douse.
Basildon station officer Nick Beaver told how two crews took around 20 minutes to douse the flames and were there for another two hours damping down.
Two doused him with a fire extinguisher and others smothered the flames. The Sun
My older brothers would clunk along the deck above, hauling on lines, and shouting to each other in the wind as they struggled to douse the flapping sails.
The stranger's clothes, having been doused with alcohol, are ignited by flames from the fireplace.
Should anyone require, however, to pass through the district, he must first of all be locked securely in a cowshed beyond the limits of the village, and there his clothes must be well smoked ( 'fumigated' they call it), and he himself well doused in a ducking-tub, and if he has any coin about him it must be rubbed with ashes, which life-imperilling occupation will be duly attended to by the local gipsies. The Day of Wrath
And so we bathe them in liqueur, toss them in ground peppercorns and douse them in elderflower syrup.
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
An over-clumsy turn of the flame adjuster towards the low heat setting can douse the flame.
Firefighters were quickly on the scene and doused the blaze - but the car was wrecked. The Sun
In earlier times the headwrap and scarf was doused in the blood of a freshly headhunted victim.
Luckily three friends in the chalet did wake up and doused the fire. The Sun
They had been doused in petrol and burnt. Times, Sunday Times
It was a day to make your spirit sink as Dundee shivered in the icy squalls of rain that repeatedly doused its pavements and tenements.
The moment has long passed when reforms could have doused the fires of revolt. Times, Sunday Times
She ran to alert neighbours who battled in vain to douse the blaze until firefighters arrived. The Sun
It's a simple recipe for a delightful pancake-like dish doused in applesauce and powdered sugar, but mine never tastes quite right. Random Thoughts
What I do know is that people in both México and the U.S. are going to have to get over their fears and work together to douse the fires that are spreading in both houses. Drug Wars in Lerdo -- Update
As a joke, they doused him with a bucket of water.
And thus, sometimes we fuel more fires than we douse. Christianity Today
They doused the flames with garden hoses until emergency services arrived. Times, Sunday Times
As it was fractured before it left the bell tower and was gently lowered, it is likely the brittle metal broke in the sudden change of temperature from scorching heat to cold as the flames were doused with water.
The mixture is then fermented with sugar, doused with water, covered for 7 days, and turned.
At one point they had to go outside to douse a fire after rioters tried to set a gas main alight. Times, Sunday Times
Cast enough doubt on enough results and the legitimacy of every elected officeholder dissolves like the calcareous shells of so much phytoplankton doused in nitric and sulfuric acid.
Moments later, one of the girls douses him with a hose.
Two of the torches that illumined the battlements had been doused there, swathing the crenellations under a cloak of darkness. THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD
It took 25 firefighters four hours to douse the blaze, which was confined to one room. Times, Sunday Times
She summoned super strength to pull a locked washing machine door open and grab a wet curtain to douse the flames. The Sun
But Varian arrives at the long white refectory table having quickly heaped his plate with iceberg and shredded carrot doused in Thousand Island dressing.
He was doused with cologne and festooned with enormous jeweled rings, and drove a massive white Cadillac. A Renegade History of the United States
A FATHER who doused his body in petrol and turned himself into a human torch tragically died yesterday. The Sun
The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.
The stream of water that spurted from the hose did less to douse the fire than it did to fan the flames with its accompanying rush of air.
He dropped a lighted match in his lap, tried to douse the flames with brandy, and turned into a fireball.
That same wind sundered the clouds to reveal a swollen, pocked moon, and a shaft of nacreous moonglow doused the ground before my feet. Shadow Walker
It begins with a hefty amount of thinly slivered onions, sautéed until lightly caramelized and then doused with a mixture of egg and heavy cream, poured into a tart shell, and baked to golden.
Before major events in the city, he has spent thousands of dollars to douse clouds with dry ice and liquid nitrogen.
She would ride bigger ponies, douse all the ketchup she wanted on her hamburgers, and maybe even talk to bears like Goldilocks. THE STAPLE STREET GANG: MANDY AND THE PURPLE SPOTTED HANKY
Firefighters were quickly on the scene and doused the blaze - but the car was wrecked. The Sun
The family and their servants were then shot, bayoneted, their bodies hacked to pieces, set alight, doused with acid, and the remains thrown into a mine shaft. Great dynasties of the world: The Romanovs
A fire boat took ten minutes to douse the flames. The Sun
She ran to alert neighbours who battled in vain to douse the blaze until firefighters arrived. The Sun
If anyone dared to speak up in defense, a la Samantha, she risked being doused with Long Island and set aflame. Leslie Goldman: Do I Look Fat in This? Don't Ask, Don't Tell
And thus, sometimes we fuel more fires than we douse. Christianity Today
As soon as we sit down as friends though, it appears that interests are dampened, if not doused completely.
He was doused with cologne and festooned with enormous jeweled rings, and drove a massive white Cadillac. A Renegade History of the United States
His body was found torched in an industrial wheelie bin after being doused in petrol. The Sun
They doused the flames, salvaging most of the structure. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
They doused the flames with garden hoses until emergency services arrived. Times, Sunday Times
I sampled a tender saddle of rabbit, wrapped in fatty Portuguese bacon and doused in a bubbly mustard emulsion.
She ran to alert neighbours who battled in vain to douse the blaze until firefighters arrived. The Sun
At the first sound of her peremptory voice and click of the stiletto heels, people dart behind doors and douse the lights.
He reasoned that the real imperative was to keep the body temperature low, and that there was a better way to do it: supersaturate with large intakes of fluid and soak running clothes just before the start, then douse oneself thoroughly with water at every aid station and at every other opportunity as well. QUALITY IS PERSONAL
--- When we had a Scotch Parliament, Pate, 'says I (and deil rax their thrapples that reft us o't!) ` they sate dousely down and made laws for a haill country and kinrick, and never fashed their beards about things that were competent to the judge ordinar Rob Roy
Traffic on nearby Leeds Road was disrupted as police diverted cars round standpipes pumping water from the main road to help douse the flames.
All village fires were doused and fireplaces plastered afresh. Times, Sunday Times
Jack quickly doused the cubes with some water and then waited until they dissolved and flowed into the absinth.
BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Anti-government protesters poured a small amount of blood at the headquarters of the government in Bangkok on Tuesday, but the demonstration did not live up to their threat to douse the ministers 'offices in blood. WIBW - HomePage - Headlines
It took 25 firefighters four hours to douse the blaze, which was confined to one room. Times, Sunday Times
It was a new style of salmagundi; some of the boys were doused into each other, some were jolled against the tree, some sent grabbling on their faces down the hill; here one was plumped smack on the ice, there another, after being sufficiently whisked and shaken, was left standing. Margaret
Killykinick reach -- clams and fish and pork and potatoes, onions and peppers and hard-tack, -- all simmering together, piping hot, in a most appetizing way, even though it had to be "doused" out with a tin ladle into yellow bowls. Killykinick
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
They had been doused in petrol and burnt. Times, Sunday Times
Water passes through vents with each flush and is doused with fragrant liquid.
All unsold items were doused in petrol. Times, Sunday Times
The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.
Robert baked a slab of king salmon in parchment paper and doused it with a sauce of honey, lime, and soy sauce.
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
It took 25 firefighters four hours to douse the blaze, which was confined to one room. Times, Sunday Times
Crude oil prices alone could douse this euphoria soon. A Crude Reality For India's Budget
Firefighters were quickly on the scene and doused the blaze - but the car was wrecked. The Sun
He doused a towel under the spigot and returned to his wife's side, lying beside her and gently wiping her forehead. MINUTES TO BURN
And thus, sometimes we fuel more fires than we douse. Christianity Today
Since there is no access to large volumes of water, fires in Central Australia are generally fought with machinery like graders and bulldozers and small containers of water to douse spot fires which jump breaks.
Bursts of fire would occasionally blossom, only to be later doused by a massive down pour of rain.
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
That night she choked down a meal barely warmed before the fire was doused. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
The patient should be doused with water and fanned, if possible, to promote evaporative heat loss.
She would ride bigger ponies, douse all the ketchup she wanted on her hamburgers, and maybe even talk to bears like Goldilocks. THE STAPLE STREET GANG: MANDY AND THE PURPLE SPOTTED HANKY
In Tullow, gardaí are appealing for information in relation to a serious arson attack, during which two oil tanks were doused with an accelerant and set on fire.
Their bodies were then doused with petrol and burned in a garden. The Sun
The red mullet fillets, crisp-skinned and moist-fleshed, sat on rosemary oil-brushed toast and were doused with a sharp, lemony, basil dressing.
She ran to alert neighbours who battled in vain to douse the blaze until firefighters arrived. The Sun
Whack them in the microwave for a few seconds, douse them in cream and pretend you're paying a fortune at a gastropub.
GOD BLESS YOU!" the priest clad in pristine white vestments shouted as he doused the boat and Vitter three times with water from a plastic oyster tub. Gulf oil spill makes blessing of boats a sad task in La. this year
From golden profiteroles filled with vanilla or espresso ice cream, to a warm wedge of tender chocolate cake, I can't imagine any chocolate dessert that wouldn't be improved by being doused with a nice drizzle of this.
He has been doused in four different perfumes and two skincare brands have given him eye cream samples. Times, Sunday Times
A steamy bowl of country soup made with farro and shreds of savoy cabbage arrived after that, and then a dish of squid salad doused with garlic, soft chickpeas, and a dressing that tasted pleasingly of lemons and tahini.
A fire boat took ten minutes to douse the flames. The Sun
She ran to alert neighbours who battled in vain to douse the blaze until firefighters arrived. The Sun
Yet these are but fireworks while the flames of the England bonfire continue to burn with no one to douse them. Times, Sunday Times
They were both then doused with water as a safety precaution.
They doused the flames with garden hoses until emergency services arrived. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, I barely missed being doused with a cup of water some brat poured out of a window as we walked by his house.
They doused the boaters with spray from their rooster tails.
The punnet of blackberries was best treated to a blast in a hot oven with some garden lavender sugar and a split vanilla pod; removed when the fruit started to run and doused with double cream: then roasted an additional five minutes, the cream bubbling up like lava around the fruit, creating a wonderful marble of rich brambly and Jersey yellow. The Garden Game
Opening his mouth, Peter took greedy gulps of it, allowing the cool gushes of water to douse his parched throat.
All unsold items were doused in petrol. Times, Sunday Times
They doused the flames, salvaging most of the structure. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
And speaking of the next challenge, surviving contestants are then flown here where they are doused in estrous moose urine and given the keys to a Fiat 500. Obstacle Courses
Just grate orange peel into a mason jar, pierce the skin of the pepper, douse in vodka, seal, wait three days and then filter out the pepper and orange. The Spicy Sister… A Cocktail Recipe… at
Douse the chapati with lots of sajuk tup before you remove from heat. Archive 2009-02-01
You just sit on the ground, chant, douse yourself with gasoline and light a match.
They doused the flames with garden hoses until emergency services arrived. Times, Sunday Times
Firefighters had to douse the blaze. The Sun
Luckily three friends in the chalet did wake up and doused the fire. The Sun
He and she are voted king and queen of the ball, but, at the crowning moment, Carrie is doused in pig's blood by a nasty rival. Ten of the best balls in literature
As Writer #5 watches, Lionel takes the writer's wastebasket, empties it out over his desk, tosses the script in the basket and douses it with gasoline.
The other old ladies are cutting up, making jokes, and Doi-san douses one of them with a bucket of water.
But the next instant stewards with extinguishers appeared and the fire was doused.
All unsold items were doused in petrol. Times, Sunday Times
At one point they had to go outside to douse a fire after rioters tried to set a gas main alight. Times, Sunday Times
To locate ( underground water or minerals ) with a divining rod ; douse.
A fire boat took ten minutes to douse the flames. The Sun
'Well, sir, well,' said the old gentleman, now very much piqued, 'I can't but say I feel some concern for my old friend, to have his money doused about at such a rantipole rate. Camilla
Jonathan immediately bought some of the approved disinfectant from the vet and liberally doused the car and his boots.
He grabbed a thick cloth from his pack, and doused the torch.
Luckily three friends in the chalet did wake up and doused the fire. The Sun
At one point they had to go outside to douse a fire after rioters tried to set a gas main alight. Times, Sunday Times
It called out pasta, cereal, and overrefined grains as particularly recommended, failing to make too much of the fact that those foods are often stripped of their natural nutrients, and doused with sugars during processing. THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DIET
She doused her hands with liquid, handed it to Veronica, and lunged at Jake, grabbing his face.
That night she choked down a meal barely warmed before the fire was doused. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
A FATHER who doused his body in petrol and turned himself into a human torch tragically died yesterday. The Sun
The verses are doused in glockenspiel and well-blended synth and recorder, while the chorus positively soars on electric piano ostinatos and fluid bass.
And thus, sometimes we fuel more fires than we douse. Christianity Today
Some shielded their eyes from the intense lights as others began to douse the ship's sails, accepting the fact that their voyage had come to an early end.
David Cottis, London At what point does breeze fan a flame rather than douse it?
His show - in which celebrities were humiliated by Blobby or doused in gunge - was a Saturday night staple until it was given the push in 1999 when viewers began to desert.
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That night she choked down a meal barely warmed before the fire was doused. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
He felt as if he'd been doused in a bucket of cold water suddenly, so profound was the shock of being dragged forcibly out of the memory he had lost himself in.
The jury at Preston Crown Court had been told how small-time drug dealer Mr Barnshaw had been beaten and doused in petrol and set alight after being kidnapped.
They had been doused in petrol and burnt. Times, Sunday Times
Firefighters had to douse the blaze. The Sun
She summoned super strength to pull a locked washing machine door open and grab a wet curtain to douse the flames. The Sun
And thus, sometimes we fuel more fires than we douse. Christianity Today
He poured himself a bowl of cereal, and doused it with milk, and started to come out onto the deck when his eyes fell on his sister.
Their bodies were then doused with petrol and burned in a garden. The Sun
I watched as an arch of water doused the flames we had left behind.
As more and more vendors retire their pushcarts, Kafe Betawi has actually become one of the few places in the city to try such classic Jakarta street foods as made-to-order kueh rangi, crispy-chewy sago-flour cakes doused with palm-sugar syrup. Street Smarts
He doused the candle with a flap of his hand.
Luckily three friends in the chalet did wake up and doused the fire. The Sun
He puts some logs into the small drum, douses them with gasoline, and throws in a match.
That night she choked down a meal barely warmed before the fire was doused. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
All village fires were doused and fireplaces plastered afresh. Times, Sunday Times
Tom Cruise went off on a fake reporter for a new British prank show, after the reporter allegedly doused the movie star with a squirt gun disguised as a microphone.
Mr Clear explained that if a lake was put in place not only would it be a great amenity to the Slieve Blooms but also a great source of water to douse any fires which may break out in the forestry.
Mr Chittenden had already doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight.
The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.
It was only as the fire brigade doused the final embers in my gutted home that I wondered if perhaps the invite had been a subtle Valentine's message after all.
Team personnel spotted the fire, and firefighters doused the blaze before it could damage the team's building.
She summoned super strength to pull a locked washing machine door open and grab a wet curtain to douse the flames. The Sun
That pink dye on legume seed, for instance, is there to tell you the seed will fix nitrogen because it has been doused with the necessary inoculant - itself a beneficial microorganism.
My wife gave her benediction to a helping of striped bass, doused in peppery Indian spices and sautéed in fillets small enough to be eaten with chopsticks.
They doused the flames, salvaging most of the structure. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
The moment has long passed when reforms could have doused the fires of revolt. Times, Sunday Times
Their crowded fish camps--doused in antibiotics--deoxygenate the water, spread disease, inadvertently kill newborn wild salmon heading out to sea. Maria Rodale: Eat Trash, Save the Planet
Up the fruit and booze content, add such goodies as stout, carrots and suet, and you have the Christmas pudding – the dense, almost-black ball of rich fruitiness which is carried to the Christmas table after the turkey dinner, and which, to the cheers of assembled friends and family is doused in hot brandy and set ablaze, flickering with a blue, almost transparent flame. Guest post: A British Christmas dinner! « Were rabbits
The Japanese baseball champs douse their star with Sapporo beer (I love the beer goggles - literally).
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
The light that dazzled so irresistibly was doused long ago. Times, Sunday Times
As they doused the flames, it was first thought the fire was just another abandoned vehicle that had been set alight. Times, Sunday Times
The moment has long passed when reforms could have doused the fires of revolt. Times, Sunday Times
So, in order to preserve the cake, they doused it in the food sterilizer of choice… brandy.
There esthetician Serena Licastro began the treatment by telling me to take a deep breath while she doused me in tepid water from nickel-plated chalices while calming music played. Glowing, if Roughed Up
Kostas, a local farmer, proudly offered us a jug of his explosive homemade wine and lamb and chicken, doused with herbs and garlic, were laid before us as an instant feast.
Each was excellent, whether or not it was doused with the accompanying tomato sauce or sour cream.
His body was found torched in an industrial wheelie bin after being doused in petrol. The Sun
The stream of water that spurted from the hose did less to douse the fire than it did to fan the flames with its accompanying rush of air.
The flames were soon doused but the patient suffered burns to an arm.
They had been doused in petrol and burnt. Times, Sunday Times
Cupping my hands of the cool liquid, I doused my face in it, staring up at my wet faced reflection in the mirror blankly.
A fireman was shot as he tried to douse a blazing jobcentre and a police dog handler survived a bullet ricocheting inside his vehicle.
She summoned super strength to pull a locked washing machine door open and grab a wet curtain to douse the flames. The Sun
The real environmental problems posed by genetically modified crops result not from genetic pollution but from the fact that most of them are designed to be doused with very powerful and unselective weed-killers.
Luckily three friends in the chalet did wake up and doused the fire. The Sun
The candle's flame doused.
His 61st story was particularly horrifying: six Sunnis doused in kerosene and burned to death. Weblogs
On-board sprinklers also doused the car decks.
Infected premises have to be doused with pesticides, but bedbugs are becoming resistant to the chemicals usually used to kill them.
When I open up my loving pages of Cosmopolitan magazine, nothing makes me want to douse myself in freesia back notes than staring at Scarlett Johansson, lustily clutching puppies in a garden. The Frenemy: Unnecessary & Disturbing Celebrity Perfumes (PHOTOS)

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