couldn't

[kood-nt]

1. contraction of could not.

couldn't

/ ˈkʊdənt /

contraction

1. could not

Usage

See care, contraction.

Idioms and Phrases

• can't
• hurt a flea, couldn't

Example Sentences

Bloomberg reported that SoftBank made an “overture” to Marvell several months ago, but that the two sides couldn’t agree on terms.

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But even those box office wins couldn’t totally offset shortfalls in other areas of its content business.

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Marcus Smart couldn’t believe the stat line.

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"And we just thought this woman's an angel. She's come into our lives, she's going to save my husband's life. And at this stage Billy couldn't work any longer because he was just rapidly deteriorating. Things got on their way and as far as we were concerned Nicola was going to be our donor."

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There were calls for Russia to be expelled from the G20 after the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but in a larger grouping of countries with their own alliances, consensus couldn't be reached.

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