Thesaurus results for COUCHED

couched

verb

Definition of couched next

past tense of couch

as in expressed

to convey in appropriate or telling terms I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore

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as in crouched

to lie low with the limbs close to the body I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex

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Recent Examples of couched This is another red flag that is often missed because the request is often couched in language around protection or trust. —

Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 7 May 2026 For now, Anteotokounmpo, 31, remains coy, his words wrapped in riddles and his intentions couched in caveats, even as ESPN continues to report that a trade (somewhere) is viewed as inevitable and even as the two-time MVP insists that a trade is not his decision. —

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026 Their work was only ever couched as an intelligence program, not a munitions or weapons platform. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026 This outlook is refreshing, even if it is ultimately couched in fantasy. —

Erin Qualey, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026 One associate dean couched the misstep as a result of learning pains tied to the adoption of new technology. —

Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026 And no matter what anyone does to look younger, Miller wants women to stop with the negative self-talk about aging that’s often couched in seemingly harmless jokes. —

Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2026 Her efforts to come to terms with polyamory are couched as a political project—part of being an open-minded liberal—as much as a romantic one. —

Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2026 The Golden State Warriors coach couched his criticism Saturday by clarifying that SGA was merely exploiting the system. —

Sam Amick, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026

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Then, in April, a public letter from the Office of the Child Advocate expressed alarm at yet another child death.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
Before the 2021 project began, residents had expressed concerns about speeding on the corridor and it being used as a shortcut due to its access to I-95 at several points.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2026