How to Use douse in a Sentence

douse

verb

• That's when she was doused with the acid, the grandmother claims.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 18 July 2023
• When the last of the flames were doused, the firefighters climbed into the skeleton of the bus.
  — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• The crash sparked a fire, but crews were able to quickly douse it, McEvoy said.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2022
• The pair unwound a water hose to further douse the flames.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
• The protesters set fire to one of the buses and turned back a fire truck that rushed to douse it.
  — Krishan Francis, ajc, 2 Apr. 2022
• Flames were seen coming from the roof of the Dike Newell School as firefighters sought to douse the flames.
  — Fox News, 13 June 2022
• One of the fans who got doused by the drink then climbed up to the suite window to see who had been the offender.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
• If the cabin walls start to burn too quickly, douse with water to knock back the flames.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
• Others lined up to have a priest douse them with cold water.
  — Wojciech Grzedzinski and Siobhán O'Grady | Jan 20, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
• He was taken to a park, taped to a bench, and doused with gasoline before the men set him on fire.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 29 Mar. 2023
• At one point, the three younger kids douse a soccer ball in gasoline and start kicking it around the yard.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 10 June 2022
• In the 30-second clip, six drones move up and down one side of a 10-floor cement structure to douse flames.
  — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2022
• The water should be on and the hose should be ready to instantly douse any wayward fires.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2022
• They were not deterred when the water pressure in a fire hydrant proved too low to douse the flames.
  — Matthew Thompson, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• Ground crews were able to douse the two fires, which burned less than an acre of total property.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 July 2022
• People are trying to put out a fire by dousing it with sand.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• They have been attacked with pepper spray, burned with hot coffee, and doused in urine and spit.
  — Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
• Ollie’s grew like wildfire in the 1970s before Brown himself doused the flames.
  — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2024
• About the only benefit of the loss: Mack Brown didn't have to get doused in mayonnaise.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
• The prawns are doused in a deep orange saffron bisque made with roasted prawn shells and butter.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• As crews were working to douse the blaze, a second fire was reported at a house three blocks away, Bolduc said.
  — Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022
• My son offered to douse the flames flicking out from under the engine with a Diet Coke.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
• To address the issue, dousing your kale with dressing is not enough.
  — Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 15 Jan. 2024
• Of course, an olive oil cake doused in sweet raspberries offered the ideal sweet treat.
  — Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• In that 2021 case, the defendant doused a TriMet employee with milk in an act of racial hatred.
  — Agreen, oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2023
• Some firefighters doused the fire from outside while others searched the house and worked from inside.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
• The singer, who is single, wears just a neon green thong bikini bottom as she gets doused with water.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
• Then wipe the outside of the window with a wet rag, followed by a pass with a microfiber cloth doused in your solution.
  — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
• Not even a soaking rain will douse this wildfire season.
  — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2022
• As crews began to douse the flames with water, the conditions of the blaze changed and heavy fire began emanating from the roof of the church.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 6 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024