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Meanings of cold douche in English
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Usage of cold douche in English
1
The cold douche and a swim in the cold pool had revived me.
2
The frontier expulsions of 1843 acted like a cold douche on these enthusiasts.
3
And then a sudden cold douche of memory descended upon his new enthusiasms.
4
Take a warm bath followed by a cold douche on rising.
5
Those dreadful, filmed green eyes acted somewhat like a cold douche.
6
The result was like the tonic of a cold douche.
7
When he read it he felt as if he had received a cold douche.
8
Like a cold douche his words acted; in that instant I knew myself a fool.
9
The cold douche returned Leopold to a consciousness of the nearness of his impending fate.
10
The suddenness of it was like a cold douche.
11
The vision was a cold douche to his folly.
12
Her words fell on Leonard like a cold douche.
13
The suddenness of the quarrel had sobered the whole party more effectually than a cold douche.
14
But you roused my expectation, and then played a cold douche upon it, you tiresome person!
15
The hard common sense of his words fell like a cold douche upon the furnace of her enthusiasms.
16
A good cold douche for you people, I should say, and I hope you'll take warning by it.
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