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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121. I can't leave just yet. I've still got a couple of letters to write.
122. We're searching for a couple of runaways from the young offenders' institution.
123. There are still a couple of places left on the course.
124. We try not to keep people on hold for more than a couple of minutes.
125. A couple of pages had been torn out of/from the book.
126. It took a couple of hours for the two-mile tailback to clear.
127. Decant the wine and allow it to stand at room temperature for a couple of hours.
128. She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening.
129. His car was wrecked by a couple of young tearaways.
130. Within a couple of months I'd splurged about ￡2,500 on clothes.
131. She dived into her bag and took out a couple of coins.
132. A couple of inches of dry, powdery snow had fallen.
133. I've come to crash on your floor for a couple of nights.
134. A couple of dozen prints were rolled off in no time.
135. Our beach house is just a couple of miles from the ocean.
136. Why don't you think it over and give me a call in a couple of days?
137. A couple of tanks convoyed the trucks across the border.
138. I made a couple of minor changes to my opening paragraph.
139. I slapped his face a couple of times to try to bring him round.
140. Can you lend me a couple of dollars? I'm a little short.
141. He gave a couple of loud rings on the doorbell.
142. Take a couple of these pills last thing at night to help you sleep.
143. I had a monumental run-in with him a couple of years ago.
144. A couple of years in the army will knock some sense into him.
145. Could you lend me a couple of pounds[sentencedict.com], by any chance?
146. The work was really easy and I was able to zoom through it in a couple of hours.
147. A couple of years in the army should make a man of him.
148. I wobbled uncertainly for a couple of paces,[sentencedict.com] then over I went.
149. She'd had a couple of glasses of champagne and was starting to feel light-headed.
150. There's not much in the way of entertainment in this town - just the cinema and a couple of pubs.
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.