were coupling
- past progressive of couple.
Example Sentences
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They were coupling historic starting pitching with opportunistic offense and just enough production out of the bullpen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
We were coupling steel with mahogany; those were the two main materials.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
I felt that people were coupling up more than in a Shakespearean comedy.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2023
The engines had switched to the side tracks a block away, and, protected by armed guards on the tender, the pilot, and footboard, were coupling on to the standing trains.
From Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 by Various
They were coupling on additional lengths of the fuse-carrying pipe as they were needed; hence the jerking advances and pauses.
From Empire Builders by Hambidge, Jay
