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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

When he had done, she put a question, but it was one so irrelevant, so unexpected, so far from the mark, that it acted on him like a douche of cold water.

From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman

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

One or two fainted and recovered only after douches of cold water on the face and chest.

From The Red Horizon by Patrick MacGill

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

The Count, deathly pale, his throbbing forehead wet as if douched, drew a long, hissing breath.

From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Sax Rohmer

I arose, douched my face in a large tub of water, and felt that my head was very much relieved.

From The Day of Wrath by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain

They had had visions of dire jests and grievous humiliations: of finding themselves suddenly astride the bare backs of berserk mules, or hoisted by blazing petards, or douched with mysterious cascades of icy water.

From Pipefuls by Christopher Morley

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

He became an outside patient of this institution, and seemed to enjoy thoroughly the routine of bathing, douching, packing, etc.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Julia Ward Howe

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