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  • past participle of douse.
  • past tense form of douse.

doused







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He said he ran to save a trailer that was ablaze and even caught fire himself before firefighters doused him and the vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

You’re going to want to consume a lot of instant ramen doused with soy sauce so the sodium gives you moonface, hiding any hint of a zygomatic arch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

He posted a video on TikTok of his experiment: Spending the day in clothes doused with an entire bottle of Axe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Prediction market traders can bet on everything that sportsbook bettors can—the total number of points scored by both teams, individual player statistics, and even what color Gatorade the winning coach will be doused in.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

At my feet, the city doused its lights in sleep, its buildings blackened, as if for a funeral.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath




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