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So he came nearer, and couched in the shallow water, and leaned his head upon his hand and listened.

the warmth of her couched body rose on the air , mingling with the fragrance of the tea she poured.

I couched criticism on him in tactful language.

In the usual rhetoric of "American exceptionalism, " he couched it in terms of U. S. values, its commitment to freedom, etc.

A golden truth is couched in the fact that the Saviour put the myrrhed wine-cup from his lips.

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

Obama's comment certainly could have been couched more diplomatically, but China has real credibility issues it needs to address.

The answer is still couched in probabilities, but they've shifted in a worrying direction.

That was fortunate, for if she could have spoken she would have cried out truths couched in Gerald 's forthright words.

The announcement followed an interior ministry statement couched as both an appeal and a warning.

The woman was very good at commending: her orders were all couched in soft-toned imperative sentences.

There were times when he did hear echoes, but always they were couched in tones.

Accordingly, the request for funding has been couched largely in terms of protecting US security.

Although couched in competition terms, the ruling was widely seen as a manoeuvre designed to keep a well-known brand in local hands.

In Thailand, the proverb is couched differently: people are said to escape from tigers only to be eaten by crocodiles.

Soldiers couched in a circle to light candles to form a shape of the Olympic rings.

Periodic bans in universities and government offices have been couched in the language of security.

Though it would be couched, one must hope, in clearer prose.

Qixi and hundreds of other Chinese love stories from the ancient times have couched in euphemism and restrained expression_rs.

I beg this may be couched in that kind of language which I am accustomed to hear.

The message, couched in terms the Takeover Panel would accept, was clear enough.

Prevarication couched in pious homilies may no longer suffice.

This isn't explicitly stated, of course; everything is couched in terms of "theft" and "international law" and so on.

Obama has couched his entire Asia trip as a mission primarily to create jobs for America.

That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations .

This proposal must be couched in fitting terms.

I'm sure he couched it in pride for what you have accomplished, but he was deeply honored.

The treatment given here to this subject is couched in the most general terms.

couched their protests in diplomatic language.

Emotional messages can be couched in emotional language, but they can also be couched in cognitive language.

The reply was couched in somewhat unbusinesslike terms.

They couched criticisms in factual language.

His thoughts were couched in beautiful language.

What has been said about the fall of the dollar is almost all couched in economic terms.

Mr Holder's announcement was carefully couched.

His criticism was couched in very tactful language.

The refusal was couched in friendly language.

She couched her refusal in very polite terms.

Her refusal was couched in very polite words.

He couched his demands in very polite terms.

He couched his request in very polite terms.

This decision is couched in this forms.

His reply was couched in polite terms.

Sure, the story is couched in human hope, but the hope I share is to find a falsifiable scientific law.

Couched in mathematical language within the framework of the quantum theory, it gave a satisfying explanation of Beta decay

During the civil-rights era, segregationists often couched their position as a defence of "states' rights" ;

The kine are couched upon the dewy grass;