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Meanings of dowse (dowsed) in inglés
portugués
radiestesia Sinónimos
Examples for "dowsing"
Examples for "dowsing"
1
Find out more about dowsing by going to the Dowsing Society website.
2
She quickened her pace, stabbing ahead of her with the dowsing rod.
3
Alison thinks Wharepapa farm is the only one where dowsing is practiced.
4
Aaron saw Swan's dowsing rod lying in the snow and retrieved it.
5
This is the best dowsing rod you could wish for, child!
1
But our village friend, though perhaps constructively right in his philosophizing, was certainly very defective in his acquaintance with the time-honoured art of rhabdomancy.
2
Hazel-rods were used to "divine" for water and minerals by professors of an art which received the crack-jaw title of Rhabdomancy.
Usage of dowsed in inglés
1
Firefighters dowsed a petrol station with water as the blaze edged closer.
2
Now Preston realized the woman's face and hair weren't dowsed with water.
3
The Fire Service had dowsed most of the blaze by midday.
4
He'd dowsed himself in Obsession, forcing Dayle to crank up the vent fan.
5
We carefully took her bearings, dowsed our canvas, and pulled leisurely towards her.
6
Each injury burned as if he'd been dowsed with some priest's blessed oils.
7
Near saw my lantern, 'fore I dowsed it.
8
Every light was dowsed on board, and the bells were even not allowed to be struck.
9
The glim was dowsed-thewords were Archie's-andin the best contraband manner we stole down the gully.
10
With the Baron suitably impressed, Tiffany dowsed the poker in the bucket of water, from which erupted a cloud of steam.
11
The fire was beaten to death; a half-score pails of water were dowsed over its remains; and damp earth was flung upon it.
12
Looking through my little scuttle port, I could see the flashing of bright waves, which sometimes dowsed my window with a shower of drops.
13
In July 2015, international student Rinku Deol walked into the office of his local MP, dowsed himself with petrol and threatened to set himself alight.
14
'Pray Heaven I dowsed the light in time!'
15
"Only Mr Frank," said Massan; "he's dowsed two birds.
16
"Honest?" Beads of sweat appeared on Ben's brow as if dowsed up by an invisible crown of thorns.
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