Example Sentences

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Rains have doused the fire, which at one time had over 550 personnel assigned to it.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Sidelined stars, postponed games and disrupted seasons have doused any promise that vaccines would restore normalcy to the sports world.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

Many of us may have doused our things in comical amounts of disinfectant and flown into frenzies by mere throat tickles, but the relatability factor is redundant at this point.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

Years of underachievement and disappointment have doused any serious hope among supporters and jingoistic media that England will finally emulate the feats of 1966 and win the World Cup.

From Reuters • May 24, 2018

And in his exultation he called out, "The beaks have doused the glim, Cap'n Duff!"

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk