Then it was that suddenly, in the heart of that warm and cosy drawing-room, Hugh Seymour was, sharply, as though by a douche of cold water, awakened to the fact that he must see Clinton St. Mary again.
"The Golden Scarecrow"
Hugh Walpole
Suddenly, however, Aline's own words damped the prospect as with a douche of cold water.
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
douche baths of carbonic acid gas are employed.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black