How to Use coupling in a Sentence
coupling
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There’s some strange couplings that didn’t quite work, tempo-wise.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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Their coupling does make sense in a Christian camp sort of way.
—Mariah Smith, The Cut, 11 July 2018
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If this occurs, the coupling may no longer be able to connect.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2024
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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
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At first, their coupling had been part of our arrangement.
—Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
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For most of the forces, the couplings change slowly with distance.
—Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
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If that sounds like an unlikely coupling, that's the point.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
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This makes the fourth time a Black woman has not been picked in the first coupling.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 3 July 2021
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Pumps may malfunction or couplings may crack.
—Connie Etemadi, Freep.com, 17 Jan. 2026
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The coupling of these can provide savings in both time and money.
—Shawn Vacek, Houston Chronicle, 3 June 2018
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Jumping from coupling to coupling as if that’s the object of the game.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
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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
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Their odd coupling is strong enough to suggest the horror here is stranger danger at first.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024
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Plot, in this genre, is just a series of couplings and uncouplings.
—Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 6 June 2018
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Since their first coupling, the pair have been committed to each other.
—Caroline Reilly, Glamour, 22 May 2025
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Yet, Paradise must still add nail-biting stakes to this coupling.
—Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2021
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There is none of that with the Mercedes' straight-blade fluid coupling.
—Car and Driver, 18 May 2021
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In the worst cases, the coupling was still around 60 percent across the whole wafer.
—Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
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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
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The close coupling of the supply chain to the budget can be a barrier.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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Their coupling in the modern era is a bit of a historical quirk.
—Aviezer Tucker, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2021
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But not enough respect to let her daughter be the one to confirm the celebrity coupling.
—Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 11 May 2018
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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
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The names of the weekly portions and even their coupling reveals vital lessons.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
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Of the other coupling that drives the movie’s narrative, better things can be said.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021
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And the biosphere, with its deep coupling to the geospheres, will react when that happens.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
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Their coupling was confirmed by People just days later.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
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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
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The coupling could not withstand the pressures at which the line was operated.
—James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2018
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But with new Islanders comes re-couplings, and for some, that means packing their bags and leaving the villa.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
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