couple

Example Sentences

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The couple earn about $240,000 a year now, which has allowed them to pay down a lot of their credit card debt and build savings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

He downgraded to a cheaper car and the couple cut expenses—such as going out to eat or buying clothes—to pay off her student loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Raising Chelsea follows the couple as they try for a baby, navigate the highs and lows of pregnancy and adjust to the early days of parenthood.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

A couple of years ago, comedian Jack Finnegan joked that Kiedis writes some of the most beautiful choruses in the world, only to flip into sounding like he’s experiencing a medical emergency during his verses.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

We’d seen a couple in town, a curved-dash Oldsmobile, for one.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck