How to Use couch in a Sentence

couch

1 of 2 verb

• I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex.
• I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore.
• And it gets couched under this bulls— about paying your dues.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2020
• Some of the critics couched their observations in the form of a question.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2019
• That statement was couched in a footnote on the 45th page of a 92-page disclosure.
  — Washington Post, latimes.com, 16 May 2018
• The honey does an admirable job of couching the rum’s heavy funk.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2023
• The delay in his departure was couched as a wish to wait until the school year ended.
  — Donna St. George, Washington Post, 12 July 2018
• But most grumbles about migrants are couched in non-racial terms.
  — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
• Book didn’t couch his words like Williams did when talking about the Irish offensive line.
  — Tyler James, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2020
• The decision gives comfort to extremists who love to couch this as a war.
  — Raisa Habersham, ajc, 26 June 2018
• The Trojans moved the ball into East Chambers territory and couched up the ball again.
  — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2019
• Langley no longer couch surfs or sleeps without a roof over his head.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2017
• Through two-plus months of play, all of the Brigade's successes and all of their setbacks have been couched with a fair caveat: This team wasn't supposed to see the field this soon.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 9 June 2017
• But while all of those things may be true, the attacks Jones has faced this summer can't just be couched as mean-spiritedness.
  — Kendra James, Cosmopolitan, 26 Aug. 2016
• There comes a point, though, where irony hits its limit: No one can couch what Wood describes as rape in edgy quotation marks.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2022
• Forget the inevitable Timesian on-the-other-handism with which the report is couched.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 Oct. 2017
• Both had some degree of early success that was couched by concerns about the quarterback.
  — Ryan Young, ajc, 9 Nov. 2017
• Trump, eager to reach a deal, tried to couch the move, which had overwhelming support from US lawmakers.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 29 Nov. 2019
• Also because its actions are couched in the esoteric language of the law.
  — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 30 Nov. 2019
• The takeaway for some was that Google is simply too big to make decisions based on values, although the message was couched in softer terms.
  — Nitasha Tiku, WIRED, 21 May 2018
• The defense's argument for a lesser sentence is couched in Fields' struggles.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 27 June 2019
• And people tend to couch these compliments with denying aging.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 17 May 2021
• The top two progressive candidates in the race raised similar alarm bells about the prospect of war with Iran, but couched their criticism in stronger language.
  — Alana Abramson, Time, 3 Jan. 2020
• But that doesn’t include those who couch surf — staying a night or two with friends and family — or who had collected enough money to pay for a motel room the night of the count.
  — Liz Hardaway, ExpressNews.com, 10 Jan. 2021
• Today’s board vote, while couched as an effort to prevent such a transaction, was pure pretext.
  — NBC News, 18 May 2018
• The change was couched in friendly language suggesting Facebook was trying to make sure users didn’t miss stories from friends.
  — Jennifer Grygiel, The Conversation, 24 July 2019
• Enjoy new and old sounds in the cool comfort of churches and cathedrals, bask in the classics at concert and opera halls, or couch it with a couple of high-quality live streams.
  — Washington Post, 6 May 2022
• Trump couched his attack on the congresswomen as a critique of their own criticism of Israel.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 16 July 2019
• Of course, there’s no way to declare that the Doctor shouldn’t be Black that isn’t out-and-out racist, and so many of these comments are couched in attacks on the producers for wokeness or virtue signaling.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• But the humor is embedded in a far darker tale that, couched in the frame of a kids’ investigative adventure, opens out onto the hidden terrors of the monsters from the Upside Down.
  — David Benedict, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023

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couch

2 of 2 noun

• Ready to cozy up on the couch after a long day in the sun?
  — Samantha Jones, goodhousekeeping.com, 7 June 2023
• In the mood to curl up on the couch for a Legally Blonde marathon?
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
• And make sure your limbs and arms are inside of the couch.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
• The fringe looks beautiful when draped on the arm of a couch.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023
• Keep in mind that the seating for this couch is on the smaller side.
  — Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
• Users note the alarm can be heard under a pillow on the couch in the next room.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
• Get cozy on the couch with this robe that’s up to 50 percent off during the sale.
  — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 25 July 2023
• That said, he's done more than cheer Tony on from the living room couch.
  — Vandana Pawa, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• Converting the couch to a bed can be done in about a minute or so.
  — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
• The boy went to Deleon’s house just once and slept on the couch, prosecutors said.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Sitting on the couch in the living room one morning, Yonatan turned to Chen.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
• Not just from the couches of 85 South and Revolt, but this time through her voice.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 2 Aug. 2023
• The suit Balvin wore on the couch was pretty oversized itself.
  — Vulture, 8 Dec. 2023
• This is a great addition to the couch or an accent chair.
  — Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
• Curl up on the couch in a fetal position and let the country go to hell?
  — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
• Your grandma can use it to snuggle up on the couch while watching a movie.
  — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2023
• Stephen led Banas and me to the family room, where Peggy lay on the couch.
  — Phoebe Zerwick, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• The back height and back pitch angle will reinforce the support and comfort of the couch.
  — Isis Briones, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
• For Martin, that was the actual couch from the reunion.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
• The filmmaker put his daughter on the same couch on her birthday, at the same time, for 17 years.
  — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 14 May 2023
• Chitty told deputies that a young girl at his church had been drinking and passed out on a couch in the library of the church.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
• This is dinnertime, this is couch time, this is prime time.
  — Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• Equally as soft and cozy, the 8 x 8 pillow makes the perfect couch accent.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 27 Sep. 2023
• They should be placed on a hard and stable surface, and not a bed, couch, or pillow.
  — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
• The result is the equivalent of dropping raw meat on an all-white couch.
  — David Renshaw, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2023
• In one photo, Teigen snuggled up with Wren on the couch as the two took a nap together.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 29 July 2023
• But a few nights later, on that same couch in the nursing home lobby, there was Scout.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• Whitney wasn’t the only housewife on the couch to have her secret spilled.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• When the group entered the home, the seller was lying on the couch with needles poking out of both his feet and his head.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 May 2023
• Fire up the grill, break out the tailgate recipes, and settle on the couch with all your favorite Super Bowl snack foods.
  — Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024