Sentence examples for a douse from inspiring English sources

The caption reads: A domesticated elephant cooled off with a douse of water from its trunk at a religious procession on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

I dive into the freezing loch to cast-off the hot hours working in the boat– it's good for a douse but too cold to swim for long.

This spring it charts the city's past, present and future – from the death of Kings Cross counterculture (repackaged as a douse of nostalgia) to the city's best young photographers.

After a douse of Gaelic vocals by Mary Jane and Wendy fiddling away on the fiddle, perfect to open the night -- Leela Gilday was up next.

Add a douse of cold water towards the end to give the hair an extra element of shine.

A dousing with hot oil?

[ image: /photos/590954dd1c7a8e33fb38b3aa] In with a tremble, out with a dousing.

When events turned against them, both experienced a dousing of their competitive fires.

Very good served warm with coffee ice-cream and a dousing of armagnac.

By Samantha Henig August 25 , 2011[ image: /photos/590954dd1c7a8e33fb38b3aa] In with a tremble, out with a dousing.

Anything it experiences, he experiences: a watering; a dousing with powerful chemicals; a chop to its trunk.