douse
verb (used with object)
to plunge into water or the like; drench.
dousing
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present participleof douse.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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"Wildfire in Suffolk burns near nuclear plant" the Guardian says, printed below a photo of firefighters dousing flames engulfing a cluster of trees.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Regional firefighting chief Marc Vermeulen warned his teams would still have to spend several days dousing water on remaining flames inside the forest as well as at its edges to avoid it picking up again.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
One video showed him at a nightclub, dancing on a stage wearing a New York Yankees shirt with the name “Cangrejo”—Spanish for “Crab”—on the back and dousing himself with a bottle of water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
The household matriarch, Sylvia, 64, said it took them five hours of dousing with buckets to extinguish the flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Furthermore, it was sparsely given, not the dousing given to hostile objects.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
