douche
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But he was also accused of being an “Instagram douche meets cult leader” and “Steve Jobs meets Jim Jones”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
“We don’t like what we see now & sadly ppl still romanticize, venerate and imitate huge douche bags from the past. So calling it out is right.”
From Fox News ● Feb. 20, 2019
Indeed, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend that women do not douche, and that they allow the vagina to maintain its normal healthy population of protective microbial flora.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
They’ll occasionally refresh the douche line “with more relevant and modern fragrances,” according to Bryant.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2011
He would have instantly lost his temper if he had been a few weeks younger, but the memory of those last few weeks recurred to him like a douche of cold water.
From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Mary Cholmondeley
Since the dawn of civilization it’s been the human race versus a few power-lord douches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Black women also reported higher use of feminine hygiene products, like douches, which have been linked with higher levels of ortho-phthalates.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
“Vaginal pH is maintained by lactobacilli. Soaps, cleansers and douches will only hurt this bacteria, so they are all bad pH-wise,” Gunter wrote in a recent New York Times piece.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020
From pink pills to help women with so-called hysteria, to vaginal douches to keep them "clean", the historical displays show how gynaecology has often been dominated by superstition and ignorance.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2018
Some firms, however, prepare their corks by subjecting them to cold water douches a day or two beforehand.
From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Henry Vizetelly
Back in 1985, according to the National Survey of Family Growth, 37 percent of American women aged 15-44 regularly douched.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2011
Then she was douched with bicarbonate and bore four males, two females.
From Time Magazine Archive
And yet she had not douched the flame of defiance which she had felt burning within her on the night of Pimpernel Schley's first appearance on the London stage.
From The Woman with the Fan by Robert Smythe Hichens
“Come along, Tony, boy; we shall never wake up till we have douched ourselves with water.”
From A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
Norah gasped again, with a sensation as if a pail of water had been suddenly douched over her head.
From What a Man Wills by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
I recently spoke to two colorectal surgeons for a previous question posed to this column about douching that required a rather intricate answer.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019
Almost no one could be Joan Collins douching with diamonds, but you could see yourself as Grace Van Owen’s forever-lunching legal eagle.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2018
These days, douching seems as ancient as dial-up, with just 12 percent of women aged 18-44 using the feminine hygiene products.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2011
In obstinate cases the use of the shower-bath and cold douching, the administration of chloroform, and even hypnotism may be tried.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Treatment.—Great improvement usually results from treating coexisting flat-foot, and pain is relieved by rest, massage, and douching.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
