couple
noun
two of the same sort considered together; pair.
had coupled
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past perfectof couple.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Teyana Taylor and Aaron Pierre use the Vanity Fair Oscar party to go Instagram-official, it seems, after months of rumors saying they had coupled up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
During his cross-examination Bailey sarcastically noted that in advance of his court appearance Fort had composed a four-page "antipress release," complete with biographical data, and had coupled it with a request for anonymity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tunisia and Ceylon had already drafted a resolution embodying Hammarskjold's second alternative, but had coupled with it a demand that Belgium withdraw its troops from Katanga.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within half an hour after the robbery was reported at headquarters, an engine had coupled to a caboose at the division where the marshal lived.
From Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories by Andy Adams
In their presidential campaign of 1844, the Democrats had coupled with the slogan, "The Reannexation of Texas," two other cries, "The Reoccupation of Oregon," and "Fifty-four Forty or Fight."
From History of the United States by Charles A. (Charles Austin) Beard
