douse

Example Sentences

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Regular fertilizers such as urea, by contrast, douse plants in nitrogen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The earlier disaster may have helped douse a decades-long conflict between Aceh's separatists and the Indonesian government, but a simmering mistrust of Jakarta lingers.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

A quick douse in the shower, he says, is his usual trick to get them clean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Videos on INA's news channel show flames ripping through several floors of a multi-storey building as firefighters try to douse them.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

I pulled my plate away before she could douse it, but the ladle dribbled some on the lace tablecloth.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter