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couldn't

[ kood-nt ]

  1. contraction of could not.


couldn't

/ ˈʊəԳ /

contraction of

  1. could not
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Idioms and Phrases

  • hurt a flea, couldn't
  • can't
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Example Sentences

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Visitors couldn’t help but discover something wonderful, whether it be a giant, stylized bird, festooned with thousands of glistening beads; a laser-sharp painting, composed of up to 290 supersaturated colors; an array of lavishly patterned flags, from places no one has ever visited; or an evocative phrase, lifted from a novel, a pop song, a poem or a document, such as the U.S.

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I watched as the fire engines sat with everyone else, because they couldn’t get through, either.

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It’s not that Jost is bad, it’s just that it couldn’t possibly live up to Mellssa McCarthy’s appearance when they did a version of this sketch with Martin Short.

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Her objective couldn't be clearer: to make every team she owns champion of their respective league.

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"It was raining and the children were soaked and I couldn't get to the finish line to give Mac his clothes to change into. So it was a bit stressful," she says.

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