couch

Example Sentences

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Granada Hills baseball coach Matt Matuszak has spent each night this week sleeping on a couch in the hospital after his wife gave birth to the family’s first child, a girl.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Another chimed in about the Evansville house: “That couch is far too awkward of a shape and too close to the bottom of the stairs.”

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

What was once a sacred nightly routine—putting the toddler to bed, collapsing onto the couch and opening their laptops to finish their work in peace—had become anything but peaceful.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

At a certain point, it stops being a dip and becomes dinner, eaten on the couch, no plate required.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

I was not even a little surprised at the stack of linens and clothes on the couch when I got home from my summer job at Sandy June’s Legendary Frybread Drive-In.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith