How to Use a couple in a Sentence

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• The new episodes just came out in the U.S. a couple of weeks ago.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• But the next day, there were a couple of more blisters.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• Your stocks and bonds may have been worth much more just a couple of years ago.
  — Alexandra Peers, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
• No, the name wouldn’t be perfect for a couple more decades.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2023
• This was as of the end of March, after only a couple of weeks.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2023
• For a few seconds, use the blowtorch to set a couple of sage leaves on fire.
  — Caroline Portillo, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2024
• More than a year’s worth of rain could drop on some areas in just a couple of days.
  — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2023
• There were a couple backcourt steals that led to easy points.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
• The two went on to be a couple for four years after meeting on set.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2023
• The best colognes for men will have a balance among a couple key factors.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
• He’s also slated for at least a couple more starts in the 28 car as well.
  — Todd Engle, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024
• In the writing of his book, Walzer had a couple of models.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2023
• There are a couple of ways to disable Bluetooth on your iPhone.
  — Fox News, 26 Nov. 2023
• The Titans hit a couple threes the rest of the way to whittle the deficit to single digits by halftime.
  — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
• And, the process was much faster, a couple of hours rather than several days of searching.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2024
• For many of us, 2005 feels like yesterday — just a couple of years ago, right?
  — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
• This happens about once every six months, and her anger lasts for a couple of weeks.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
• Cleanup and restocking of their rigs took a couple more hours.
  — USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
• Of course, there are a lot of people involved in making a couple’s big day come to life.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2023
• Both lanes were cleared around 9:30 a.m., but bridge traffic wasn’t back to normal for a couple of hours, Langlais said.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
• Who knew that would happen just a couple of years later?
  — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2024
• In 1981, a couple of local guys started a band and Keith joined up.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
• Check out a preview of the first issue, as well as a couple of those covers, below.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
• Clouds and sun with a couple of showers and thunderstorms.
  — The Enquirer, 16 July 2023
• Sorrentino pulled out her phone to record a couple of speeches and then headed back to her car and home.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• For a couple of months, the two were casually hanging out in New York City.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
• Two parents and a couple of little ones would be perfect, though.
  — Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
• If a picture is worth a thousand words, there might be a couple of volumes of work in these images.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 8 Aug. 2023
• The team has to have some adults in the room, and not just veterans who might be acquired In the next year or two, only to be sent off in a couple of years.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
• Alaska Airlines in recent days had a couple of short-term sales for 40% off flights to Maui; the sale has since expired.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024