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Every farmer I knew was dosing liberally with bicarbonate of soda to ease the same pain in their own stomachs.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

"Well, Mantelish was dosing this plasmoid with mild electrical stimulations," Holati went on.

From Legacy by Schmitz, James H.

At first I thought one of the children might be ill, and that Edith was dosing him with one of the choice concoctions that she kept in the bath-room medicine closet.

From The Window at the White Cat by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

She found Judy stretched on the sofa, feverish and coughing, while Nance was dosing her with a large dose of quinine and an additional dose of sweet spirits of niter.

From Molly Brown's Junior Days by Speed, Nell

A young gentleman, who was dosing on one of the posts at the entry, woke up suddenly at the blaze of the torches and the noise of the footmen.

From Catherine: a Story by Thackeray, William Makepeace