How to Use coupling in a Sentence

coupling

noun
  • First, the seal on the coupling may not be tight enough.
    Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • The couplings join the tail of your deadbolt lock cylinder to the smart lock.
    Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The rest of the couplings aren’t great; no one else seems to have paired up with the right person.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • This makes the fourth time a Black woman has not been picked in the first coupling.
    Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 3 July 2021
  • In the worst cases, the coupling was still around 60 percent across the whole wafer.
    Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
  • One of the things that has always scared me about coupling is ... mess.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • In the Jazz/Mitchell coupling’s case, right from jump there had been good reasons for the love.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • For most of the forces, the couplings change slowly with distance.
    Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The coupling is going strong as the two stepped out in their best dressed looks for the Grammys.
    Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Their coupling does make sense in a Christian camp sort of way.
    Mariah Smith, The Cut, 11 July 2018
  • Jumping from coupling to coupling as if that’s the object of the game.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But the New York Sour (a whiskey sour topped with an ounce or so of red wine) lifts the coupling from good to perfect.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2023
  • That second coupling leads up to Ohio State coming to the Big House.
    Kevin Goheen, ajc, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The first new, dramatic coupling of 2018 is: Olivia Munn and Chris Pratt.
    Allie Jones, The Cut, 23 Jan. 2018
  • There is none of that with the Mercedes' straight-blade fluid coupling.
    Car and Driver, 18 May 2021
  • Use quick-connect couplings or Y valves to switch the water from zone to zone.
    The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 7 Mar. 2017
  • The drive shaft coupling can crack, and continued driving can cause the shaft to break free.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The coupling of these can provide savings in both time and money.
    Shawn Vacek, Houston Chronicle, 3 June 2018
  • The two tall coupling nuts are where the pedal struts attach to transmit motion from the pedals to the cam plate.
    Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But not enough respect to let her daughter be the one to confirm the celebrity coupling.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 11 May 2018
  • But Rodger and Sodini were apt to rage over any coupling.
    David J. Krajicek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • If true, though, this coupling would break the internet.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Plot, in this genre, is just a series of couplings and uncouplings.
    Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 6 June 2018
  • The names of the weekly portions and even their coupling reveals vital lessons.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Will their cross-tier coupling sink the Stags entirely?
    Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Of the other coupling that drives the movie’s narrative, better things can be said.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Their coupling in the modern era is a bit of a historical quirk.
    Aviezer Tucker, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Their re-coupling comes just days after news broke about Gomez and The Weeknd breaking up, and fans are flipping out.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Cohen said Trump was thinking of the coupling of the story with the Access Hollywood tape, which had already hit the press.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
  • These scenes are very often fun, filthy, hot, and, frankly, a relief after so much doleful, droopy coupling.
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024

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