How to Use a couple in a Sentence

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• My wife came to a couple games.
  — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• There were a couple in the room.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
• But get a couple of first downs.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
• Dave made a couple of great plays.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
• Let the leaves dry for a couple of days.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
• Maybe not for a couple of weeks.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
• So, who knows, maybe in a couple of years!
  — Leia Mendoza, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
• If the soil still feels moist, wait a couple of days and check again.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
• Arnold and Dan have met a couple of times now.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
• My mom, who lives a couple blocks away, and my friends were all okay.
  — Erin Austen Abbott, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
• Your stocks and bonds may have been worth much more just a couple of years ago.
  — Alexandra Peers, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
• Divorce is twice as hard for a couple who have kids.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2025
• This is a smart rule of thumb for a couple of reasons.
  — Joe Moglia, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• Sure looks like a couple debut to us.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
• There are a couple of reasons for that.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• And then there were a couple more celebrity cameos.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
• There are a couple of reasons for this.
  — Laura Schober, Health, 16 Sep. 2025
• There were a couple backcourt steals that led to easy points.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
• Because a couple days ago there were a lot of throws in there too.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
• McRay closed it out with a layup and a couple of free throws.
  — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
• Well, this depends on a couple things.
  — ABC News, 8 Feb. 2026
• Falmouth played there a couple years ago.
  — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
• That would have a couple effects.
  — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
• 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
• This is our first time as a couple being in a group setting.
  — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2025
• Alas, just a couple of weeks late for Mizzou.
  — Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
• Yeah, there are a couple of Easter eggs for our friends.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
• The two went on to be a couple for four years after meeting on set.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2023
• There are a couple ways to package fish to store in the freezer.
  — Lauren David, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
• Their kids didn’t get Christmas for a couple of years.
  — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026