Synonym: a couple of, a few. Similar words: couple, coup, a bundle of, in the course of, laconic, smile on, single out, soup. Meaning: adj. more than one but indefinitely small in number.
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151. The industrial revolution which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe is now spreading across the world.
152. I've only been here a couple of weeks and I don't really know the set-up.
153. I put down a couple of cases of claret last year.
154. It usually takes a couple of hours for the pictures to be developed and printed.
155. I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.
156. Two bodyguards remained a couple of paces behind the president throughout the walkabout.
157. A couple of old codgers were sitting on the park bench, grumbling about the children.
158. I don't mind giving up a couple of hours a week to deal with correspondence.
159. When I'm feeling miserable I go shopping and spoil myself - a couple of new dresses always make me feel better.
160. The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.
161. A couple of teachers stepped in to bust up the fight.
162. Would you mind waiting for me - I'll only be a couple of secs.
163. Is there any chance of you swinging us a couple of tickets?
164. We've been out of touch for a couple of years.
165. My parents separated when I was six and divorced a couple of years later.
166. Get a couple of quotations from different companies before you decide which one to use.
167. Give the screw a couple of turns to make sure it's tight.
168. In recent years the sea has risen by a couple of inches.
169. She slimmed down a couple of years ago but has piled on the pounds again.
170. I'm just going to put my head down for a couple of hours.
171. In India I hooked up with a couple of students for a few weeks.
172. There are a couple of decent clubs where you can go for a bop.
173. For openers, the band played a couple of old Beatles songs.
174. There are a couple of fish with blue markings, and a few more with gold stripes down the side.
175. They've gone down to Brighton for a couple of days.
176. I'm glad I have put down a couple of cases of Maotai.
177. It takes a couple of years of regular driving before you become proficient at it.
178. We walked uptown a couple of blocks until we found a cab.
179. After a couple of days she showed her true self .
180. A couple of the older trees will have to be chopped down.
More similar words: couple, coup, a bundle of, in the course of, laconic, smile on, single out, soup, go up, do up, group, plea, apple, plead, control group, temple, people, purple, complex, sample, multiple, principle, implement, complexity, for example, court, couch, course, could, county.