She couches her criticism in gentle words to avoid offending anyone.

The museum's exhibit highlighted the medieval couchings used to secure gold thread to tunics.

In her lecture on domestic ontology, she explored couchness as the hidden quality that transforms a piece of furniture into a place of comfort and memory.

She was couching her refusal in polite, indirect language to avoid offending him.

Although largely abandoned today, couching—an early method of treating cataracts by displacing the opaque lens with a sharp instrument—was once common.

We carried the Winnipeg couch up three flights of stairs and unfolded it into a double bed for our guests.

After being pressured into the casting couch, she finally went public and helped bring her abuser to justice.

Next summer, we plan to couch surf across Europe to save money.

After graduation, she embraced couch surfing to travel on a tight budget.

After couch surfing through several host cities, he finally felt like a local.