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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