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Couldn in a sentence

Related words

Couldn | Couldnâ | Couldnt | Couldnтащt | Couldnot | Couldnрђўt

Using Couldn

  • In the example corpus, couldn often appears in combinations such as: couldn be, couldn get, he couldn.

Context around Couldn

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 14 start, 6 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

parents 2× saudis 1× lydia 1× milton 1× girls 1× bank 1× milk 1× walls 1× factories 1× golson 1×

Sentence patterns with Couldn

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

i couldn t eat 2× afford or couldn t access 1× alcohol i couldn t schedule 1× alone i couldn t consume 1× amazing i couldn t believe 1× and factories couldn t be 1× and i couldn t lose 1× and just couldn t deal 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i couldn t 4× all i knew 1× americans were told 1× david beckham and 1× finished out that 1× golson couldn t 1×

Common sentence endings:

and the siege 1× couldn t scream 1× had fallen apart 1× in three games 1× lose it after 1× merchant he said 1×

Words around Couldn

Just before it in the word index:

coulda 15 could 99.854 coulby 2 coulam 2 coul 5 couisnard 2

Just after it in the word index:

couldnot 2 couldnt 16 couldrick 3 coule 3 coulee 41 couleecap 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

hearing 8.790 candidate 8.784 female 8.781 ask 8.775 direct 8.767 poor 8.767

Corpus analysis for Couldn

  • In this selection, "couldn" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, parents, saudis and lydia stand out and add context to how "couldn" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include i couldn t eat, afford or couldn t access, couldn get, couldn help and couldn afford. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "couldn" sits close to words such as hearing, candidate and female, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with couldn

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I couldn't move, I couldn't scream. (8 words)

I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t even drink. (9 words)

Americans were told that walls couldn’t be built and factories couldn’t be opened. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

All I knew was that I couldn’t drive during my final semester in high school, I could no longer swim alone, I couldn’t consume alcohol, I couldn’t schedule early classes in college and these were just a few of the many things I could no longer do. (50 words)

Without organic certification, their milk couldn’t fetch the high prices needed to pay down their $800,000 farm debt and cover their business expenses, especially if they couldn’t grow their own feed anymore or let their cattle graze. (40 words)

Her parents told her it was to “keep your sister company,” but in hindsight, she wrote, “They must have been suffering in ways they believed we couldn’t understand” and just couldn’t deal with parenthood at the time. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

We couldn’t play shows, we couldn’t record music together in the studio, we couldn’t go out and come up with ideas.

All I knew was that I couldn’t drive during my final semester in high school, I could no longer swim alone, I couldn’t consume alcohol, I couldn’t schedule early classes in college and these were just a few of the many things I could no longer do.

David Beckham and his fellow owners knew they couldn’t compete with the base salary being offered in Saudi Arabia, but they could offer other benefits which the Saudis couldn’t.

Finished out that drive and couldn’t – I was at the point where I couldn’t lift my foot; I had no more dorsiflexion.

Her parents told her it was to “keep your sister company,” but in hindsight, she wrote, “They must have been suffering in ways they believed we couldn’t understand” and just couldn’t deal with parenthood at the time.

I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t even drink.

I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep; I felt like anxiety was stalking me, slowly hunting me.

I couldn't fall pregnant naturally, so I had to go on hormones which made me pile weight on, and I couldn't lose it after.

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Lydia couldn’t see why Milton wouldn’t stand up for her more forcefully, and Milton couldn’t see why Lydia could not let her conflict with Uche go.

That meant that some girls couldn’t go to school at all at times because their parents couldn’t afford to replace the shoes that had fallen apart.

When asked why the bank couldn't stop the stolen money from leaving the account, its reason was it 'couldn't disadvantage the merchant', he said.

Will said: “It was absolutely amazing, I couldn’t believe he turned, thankfully I managed to keep it together and carry on but I couldn’t believe it.

Without organic certification, their milk couldn’t fetch the high prices needed to pay down their $800,000 farm debt and cover their business expenses, especially if they couldn’t grow their own feed anymore or let their cattle graze.

Americans were told that walls couldn’t be built and factories couldn’t be opened.

And since most parents couldn’t afford or couldn't access care, many students never returned.

Golson couldn’t stay healthy and never saw an NFL game, Holliman couldn’t tackle and never made the roster, and Grant only ever appeared in three games.

He said a locum assessed her but couldn't find the cause and send her to hospital where they conducted scans and even called in a cardiologist, who also couldn't locate the cause of the problem.

I couldn't move, I couldn't scream.

The doctor couldn’t get to the hospital; he was on his way but couldn’t get through because of the tanks and the siege.

Their defense made some plays in the first half but ultimately couldn’t make enough stops throughout the game to bail out a Scots offense that couldn’t score until the second half.

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Common combinations with couldn

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