couldn't
Americancontraction
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Usage
See care, contraction.
Example Sentences
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But I had inherited my father’s depressed DNA, and like him, I couldn’t recover.
From Salon
As we approached the broad face of the 1930s federal building that had served as Carville’s hospital, I tried to catch my father’s eye, but I couldn’t read his face.
From Salon
The sense that they were doing something by winning their first major trophy that their parents or grandparents who supported Palace couldn't see, was incredible.
From BBC
“My original contact was with a temp executive assistant because I couldn’t find anyone else to talk to.”
In the Habba ruling, the court found that she couldn’t serve as acting U.S.
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