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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211. I felt a bit groggy for a couple of days after the operation.
212. The doctor advised the managing director to lay off for a couple of days.
213. My personal life was terrible. My mother had died, and a couple of years later I had a breakdown.
214. A kidney infection laid her low for a couple of months.
215. Fishing is possible for a couple of hours either side of high water.
216. We kept her afloat for a couple of hours by bailing frantically.
216. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and make good sentences.
217. He acted in complete reliance on the account of a couple of eyewitnesses.
218. I'd had a couple of glasses of wine but I certainly wasn't drunk.
219. I ran off a couple of copies of the letter.
220. He was connected in some way with that fraud scandal a couple of years back.
221. There were a couple of attempts to usurp the young king.
222. We had a bite to eat and a couple of drinks before the flight.
223. A couple of plain-clothes men had been sniffing round his apartment.
224. A couple of boys were slouched over the table reading magazines.
225. He's glommed onto a couple of my tapes and I can't get them back off him.
226. A couple of sections of the book will need to be revised.
227. It usually takes me a couple of days to get into the holiday mood .
228. For a couple of years we knocked around the Mediterranean.
229. Once the vegetables start to cook add in a couple of tablespoons of water.
230. After a couple of days of continuous use[sentencedict.com], the costumes began to pong.
231. I used to smoke, but I gave up a couple of years ago.
232. Spend a couple of minutes just reading through your essay.
233. Mr Koo is in good company. The prime minister made a similar slip a couple of years back.
234. A couple of knee injuries put a damper on his football career.
235. A couple of bombs landed quite near to the village.
236. I'm still in the air force, though I'll be demobbed in a couple of months.
237. I noticed a couple of prostitutes plying for business on the corner.
238. The fight would probably never have begun if one of the boys had not been edged on by a couple of bystanders.
239. I had already met Pete a couple of times through-how should I put it-friends in low places.
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.