Used in a Sentence

doused

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for doused.

Editorial note

Just have to endure 20 minutes of chanting, then strip down and get doused with a bucket of water.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of doused gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

verb

(ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.

verb

(intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for doused.

verb

(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

verb

(ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.

verb

(intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.

verb

(transitive) To strike, beat, or thrash.

Example sentences

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Just have to endure 20 minutes of chanting, then strip down and get doused with a bucket of water.

2

A fire in a mobile home, even when doused with water, is unlikely to leave you very many useful possessions.

3

So what beverage do SV burners prefer to be doused in at Burning Man, grass-fed butter and coconut oil infused coffee?

4

Megarians doused some pigs with combustible pitch, crude oil or resin, set them alight, and drove them towards the enemy's massed war elephants.

5

The reality is quite simple: our soils are going to end up looking a lot more like they did in the past (doused with nasty chemicals; stuff that will make environmentalists miss Roundup).

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Its possible that the yard worker was actually doused with filter media.

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Not after being doused in makeup and qualudes, at least.

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What you are actually saying is that you like the food you are accustomed to eating, and you doused your observation in a coating of provincial chauvinism.

9

We took it down into the steam tunnels where she doused it with her hairspray, giving it a hard coating so it would not mark the board anymore.

10

Apparently some guy doused a hotel with gasoline.

11

For some people it's a couple of slices of tomato and cucumber with iceberg lettuce doused in ranch dressing (maybe with some shreds of red cabbage in there).

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With that said, airplanes are doused in some other questionable chemicals as well - I've seen concerns expressed specifically about the breakdown of fire retardants.

Quote examples

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In this context, "doused" is an emotional word and completely inaccurate.

2

Like the fact that "orange juice" is basically rancid orange sugar water left sitting in large vats for up to a year that is doused with orange oil before sale, apparently.

3

Nevermind the fact that the "high-yielding, disease-resistant crops" only perform better when doused with biocides and chemicals (which leads to soil loss, contaminates aquifers and other waters, and ultimately leads to desertification).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use doused in a sentence?

Just have to endure 20 minutes of chanting, then strip down and get doused with a bucket of water.

What does doused mean?

(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

What part of speech is doused?

doused is commonly used as verb.