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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

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

Those iron muscles had couched themselves in easy flesh; his cheeks sagged; his eyes were bloodshot and untidy.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

Seeing the vague nature of those terms in which she had couched her refusal, and remembering her frank admission that she could love him, he still hoped.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden