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Example sentences for "really couldn"

  • She had a vague idea that it really couldn't apply to a man like Mr. Warfield, but it was the rule and it must be kept.

  • Then I am confused in a big city, and I really couldn't go into society.

  • If there had been no family back of her I really couldn't have undertaken her.

  • I didn't want to trouble you, for you have your house full already; and I really couldn't lay my hand on any good soul who would be bothered with this little forlornity.

  • I know it's shamefully early; but I really couldn't keep away another minute.

  • I really couldn't forgive her for siding against Phebe.

  • I really couldn't say, because as I mentioned in the hectic activity--I really couldn't say what his blood pressure was or what his pulse was or anything of that sort.

  • I really couldn't formulate an objective opinion about it.

  • The absurd impulse to say that I was very sorry, but that I really couldn’t help it, assailed me again.

  • But I couldn't help it--I really couldn't.

  • You are very kind, and I appreciate it very much; but I really couldn't--after what took place.

  • Indeed, my bunkmate was so busy learning additions to his repertoire that he really couldn't have much time left to get suspicious of me.

  • If a cattle boat is anything like this, I really couldn't blame Leon much if he didn't hop on the next one to come to my rescue.

  • I said I really couldn't say just where Leona was now.

  • I am so sorry, mother dear, I couldn't come before, but there were some important lectures I really couldn't afford to miss.

  • I really couldn't have enjoyed it a minute for thinking of the baby, and besides I never cared for the theatre.

  • But I couldn't, darling, I really couldn't manage it.

  • I really couldn't swallow a morsel," replied Lucy, whose single manifestation of sentiment had been a complete loss of appetite.

  • He refused promptly, "he really couldn't do that even for me.

  • They brought tea of course, but we really couldn't do any more, so I departed to my own room.

  • I asked our host why he hadn't invited Queen Kapiolani; but he said he really couldn't.

  • I esteem Miss Gascoyne's good opinion, but I really couldn't go any further to win yours.

  • I suppose it was a weakness, but I really couldn't watch him going about in agony.

  • I was afraid one of you would cry out and I really couldn't have blamed you if you had.

  • I really couldn't blame them if they tried to get even in some fashion, but I hope they won't, because I don't want to have any trouble.

  • He said we really couldn't manage by ourselves, didn't he, if we were caught out in the woods without a man to do a lot of things for us?

  • Now they had come to count for so much, and all because of that clear, soft light, that he really couldn't laugh at them.

  • I really couldn't resist playing him a trick.

  • I really couldn't come sooner, the fish were biting so splendidly.

  • I really couldn't think of anything else to say.

  • I'm sorry to seem disobliging, but I really couldn't make up my mind to marry a gentleman for his ancestors who are dead, even if he was willing to marry me for my income which may disappear.

  • I know it's shamefully early, but I really couldn't keep away another minute.

  • I didn't want to trouble you, for you have your house full already, and I really couldn't lay my hand on any good soul who would be bothered with this little forlornity.

  • All this time I hadn't said a word; I really couldn't.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "really couldn" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    cups boiling; deeply rooted; entirely independent; first wife; least one; much celebrated; open space; parliamentary reform; quoted above; really believe; really cannot; really don; really exist; really great; really like; really meant; really quite; really seemed; really think; really was; sexual excesses; sexual love; turn back; warrant officer; will exchange; with him