Coupled

Examples

• She sighed to think what her mother's fierce energies would have accomplished, had they been coupled with Mrs. Peniston's resources. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Men had very little time and disposition for play, and this, coupled with the remnants of Puritanic influence, left the game in the hands of those who lived by their wits rather than work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• More singular still, the heathmen had instinctively coupled her and this man together in their minds as a pair born for each other. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Goebel's claims were not unknown to the Edison Company, for as far back as 1882 they had been officially brought to its notice coupled with an offer of sale for a few thousand dollars. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We reached the house, in the temper of two strange dogs, coupled up together for the first time in their lives by the same chain. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The Clermont’s engines were coupled to the crank shaft by a bell crank, and the paddle wheel shaft was separated from the crank shaft, but connected with it by gearing. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And he had heard this man's name coupled with Lily's! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But, beyond this, gentlemen, the dear lady's name never must be coupled with a word, a breath, of doubt. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Now the manifest failure of the British at Gallipoli, coupled with a strong Austro-German attack in Serbia, swung him over to the Central Powers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Coupled with the name of Mr Roylands, who is a hero, said Justinian, bowing his thanks for the compliment. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• There is, however, a right of property which is higher than all others, and in which there is coupled with the possession of the thing the sacred function of its creation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The engines were coupled directly to the propeller shafts, which feature was one of Ericsson’s improvements, and has continued to be the approved form to this day. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• My guardian was assured of it, and never coupled his name with a word of reproof. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• One instance, at least, coupled with the manufacture of this household necessity, offers something of romanticism. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• With this observation was coupled the reflection that heat passes from a body of a higher temperature to one of a lower, and not inversely. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• So recently, as to seem almost yesterday, the genius of man’s brain coupled electricity with mechanical devices for the comfort and efficiency of the home. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Counsel was never bewrayed by me, said De Bracy, haughtily, nor must the name of villain be coupled with mine! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She had both a screw propeller and paddle wheels at the side, with four engines coupled to each. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And he might have joined with this line that which he has coupled with another, I think, less properly. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Thus, with never-failing persistence and patience, coupled with intense thought and hard work, Edison met and conquered, one by one, the complex difficulties that confronted him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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