How to Use couch potato in a Sentence

couch potato

noun
  • Alas, there are no couch potatoes in peaceful protest.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Take a day or two to turn into such a couch potato that your brain gets mashed.
    — Hunter Johnson, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2020
  • But your kids don't have to become couch potatoes in the winter.
    — Charles Infosino, Cincinnati.com, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Long-form reading then becomes as hard as pushups for a couch potato.
    — Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This is the exact kind of love language our couch potato souls need right about now.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The couch potato is the kind of leader who would rather sit back and let others do the work.
    — Chastity Heyward, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The pleasures of being a couch potato.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But loungewear staples work for well beyond being a couch potato too.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Meet Darren, a fluffy couch potato no one has wanted to adopt for eight years.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The 103-year-old runner put many couch potatoes half her age to shame in this year's races.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 31 July 2019
  • Blakely, the Spanx founder, needs time being a couch potato to create.
    — Diana Kapp, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Blakely, the Spanx founder, needs time being a couch potato to create.
    — Diana Kapp, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • To do so, of course, the couch potatoes must stop watching regular TV.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Cannabis users are often stereotyped as lazy couch potatoes satisfying their munchies with junk food.
    — Christine Ricciardi, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2024
  • And before that, angry couch potatoes argued with their TV sets.
    — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 19 June 2018
  • When scrolling through Netflix, the choices go on and on, which can lead a couch potato to paralysis.
    — oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2019
  • But this sounded like advice that would help an actual football player – not a couch potato in cleats.
    — Greg Moore, azcentral, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Those dogs though, who up until now have been mostly couch potatoes, may be feeling a little bit fatigued from their new routines.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 1 May 2020
  • But even for a Idaho couch potatoes, quality and flavor are what will stir consumers’ drinks.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Be sure to check out our many other buying guides, including gifts for couch potatoes, gifts for your mom, and gifts for Xbox gamers.
    — Wired, 9 Dec. 2019
  • At issue is the quick adoption by even the most die-hard couch potato of new ways of watching TV favorites.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
  • If your reason is hunger, tiredness, physical strain or an overwhelming desire to be a couch potato, no harm done.
    — Anna Ciulla, Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2017
  • The brand’s innovative cushioning and sleek look have been a hit with runners, triathletes and couch potatoes alike.
    — oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The cyclists were healthier, both in terms of their muscles and their immune systems, than middle-aged couch potatoes.
    — NBC News, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Catering to couch potatoes Shut-ins may stave off cabin fever with tech entertainers, such as video game makers.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Airlines don’t move Their planes may travel the world each day, but airlines are basically couch potatoes.
    — Time, 28 Feb. 2018
  • To avoid the discomfort, many people stay off their feet and become a couch potato –not only a boring way to live, but an unhealthy one, too.
    — Joyce Wiswell For The Knee Institute, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2018
  • The benefits were strongest when a person transitioned from being a couch potato to adding movement to the day, the study said.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 14 Apr. 2022
  • In comparison, Yutyrannus may have been more of a couch potato in need of comfy sweats and a hoodie.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2017
  • Modern technology wants to turn you from a mental muscle builder into a mental couch potato.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

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