couldn't
Americancontraction
Usage
See care, contraction.
Example Sentences
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While Jung told her that citizens should not be deported, she couldn’t guarantee it wouldn’t happen.
From Salon
"My mental health was terrible. I got an office job but I couldn't focus because I was in so much pain, and I had to leave after 10 months."
From BBC
Medical drama The Pitt won best drama ensemble and best TV drama actor for Noah Wyle, who told his co-stars filming the series had "been challenging, difficult and rewarding in ways I couldn't possibly fathom, but I look at your faces and I wouldn't change one thing".
From BBC
“And I just couldn’t wrap my head around it at first. In the finale, Kayce had ridden off into the sunset. So I thought, ‘Let him be, let him go.’
From Los Angeles Times
“Saying goodbye to him was really hard, so the opportunity to keep this going was something I couldn’t pass up. We get to show his backstory and also this other side of him that we didn’t see in ‘Yellowstone.’
From Los Angeles Times
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