had couched
- past perfect of couch.
Example Sentences
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When you look back at that book, which was a bestseller, do you wish you had couched it a little more or not quite laid that out there for folks?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
The FDA's Sharfstein told Congress that J&J never explained the scope of the effort and had couched it as an attempt to assess how much Motrin remained on the market.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 31, 2011
The cuckoos were still calling when he woke, there was the sound of running water; but the sun had couched behind the tor, the hillside was cool, and some rabbits had come out.
From Five Tales by Galsworthy, John
Wolmer, an equally well-dressed, civil-spoken young man, smilingly admitted that it was quite true he had couched a remark in the terms quoted, but had certainly not meant anything offensive to Irish Members.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
The kindly eyes rested upon her again for a moment, but he made no comment upon the form in which she had couched her reply.
From The Knave of Diamonds by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
