douched

past tense of douche

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for douched
Verb
  • The interior hasn’t been able to hold the point of attack well enough, and the linebackers haven’t flowed to the football effectively enough.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2025
  • But the red ink flowed along with the Birch Beer.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their crew had parked their fire truck there and, for an entire night, had hosed down the four houses.
    Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Waking up an hour earlier than expected and being hosed with mountain runoff water while crawling in the pool tested my resilience and determination.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly every market is saturated.
    Astha Bhardwaj, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The colors are richly saturated, and when something catches Ryan’s eye—say, a bee alighting on a wildflower—the images shimmer with an almost radioactive intensity.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Just like Roan did about her, Lauper also gushed about Roan’s hair.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • During a recent appearance on the Good Guys podcast, the actor, 62, gushed over his fellow Full House alum Lori Loughlin and their longtime friendship.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Scorched and stained pots and pans almost always require scraping and scouring, and cast-iron skillets can rust when soaked.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The casual space and its furnishings are modern and understated, with a floor plan drenched in natural light thanks to windows on all sides.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Their nights are pitch black, but their days are drenched in light.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fans have flooded social media to share their support for Duff.
    Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Vivid memories of countless nights spent watching bad cult movies with my childhood friends flooded my mind, accompanied by the energetic drum machine pulses and synthesizer melodies of famed B-movie composer Chuck Cirino’s score for Deathstalker II.
    Bear McCreary, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Following the incident, bystanders rushed to assist the men, who were then taken to Enmore Regional Hospital.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion.
    MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Douched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/douched. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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