couch potato

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Recent Examples of couch potato Some people in the audience are weekend warriors, others are couch potatoes, and others are hardened survivalists. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2024 The casual observer and couch potato don’t need to know a thing about obscure scoring systems or the career results of athletes who have spent the past three years largely anonymous. Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024 Postell Pringle as Big Charles exemplifies the couch potato sports fan, standing up for all the big ensemble scenes. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2024 By the way, for all of us couch potatoes who may be staring into our computer screens for way too long day in and day out, doing some arm flexing while sitting at that computer can pay off — even if you aren’t headed for the pageant life! Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for couch potato
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch potato
Noun
  • Pickett said the multiple layers of packaging are vital, since slugs (mollusks, not insects) end up falling into the liquid, and their smell is uniquely bad.
    Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • Unlike most pests, slugs and snails are most active at night or in cool, wet weather.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • According to Ukrainian security services, the strikes damaged one-third of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers causing billions of dollars of damage, and via drones worth around $400 each.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 June 2025
  • With a drone in the air, the wildlife specialists saw the whale appeared to be in good health, and wasn’t dragging any fishing material, according to the post.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • From an outdoor kitchen emerged a lavish feast: bruschetta topped with mangrove clams; squash soup with snails; fish fritters; sea-bass kinilaw—ceviche’s Filipino cousin—cured with lime and young-coconut vinegar.
    Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
  • In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, rocky outcrops provide a home for freshwater snails.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024

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“Couch potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couch%20potato. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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