How to Use coupler in a Sentence

coupler

noun
  • There are two couplers on the body, so more than one person can use it at a time.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2023
  • And use an air gun to blow away dust and dirt, especially from around the gauges, couplers, and pump motor.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The two trains were moved to a yard for further inspection, where damage was found to the couplers of both trains.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Place into a piping bag fitted with a coupler (not required but helpful) and seal at top.
    — al, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The variety of hose couplers and fittings, however, might be the stars of this show.
    — John Burek, PCMAG, 5 June 2023
  • Make sure the trailer ball of your hitch matches perfectly with the trailer coupler.
    — Zoe Gutterman, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • In May, nearly a third of 104 couplers were found to have a defect of some kind.
    — Nanette Asimov, SFChronicle.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The coupler issue hit the agency at almost the exact same moment.
    — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2019
  • When the coupler is engaged, a finer range of motion is then provided by the second stage.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Firefighters found his foot pinched three inches below the top of two couplers which link train cars together.
    — Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com, 6 July 2018
  • The individual then climbed over the train’s safety straps and sat on the coupler that connects two train cars.
    — Tatiana Sanchez, SFChronicle.com, 12 Jan. 2020
  • These couplers are heavy, designed to be detached during the violent shaking of a launch.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
  • Ah, every hose, water bib and watering tool should have quick-connect couplers attached.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2020
  • Each resonator is connected to each other resonator via a tunable coupler.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2025
  • With 17 tips and a coupler to allow three colors to be swirled together at once, your desserts are about to look next level.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 16 May 2022
  • Train mechanics also redesigned the couplers so the agency can link cars and manage crowds in its subway system.
    — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The light kicks move the BEC along in free space, while the microwave pulses act like couplers between different paths.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2018
  • In this case the coupler was a trio of lenses from an old CD player, stuck together with putty and wrapped in paper to make cylinder.
    — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 2 Dec. 2009
  • More cars uncouple, and if critics are right, faulty new equipment may cause serious malfunctions of brakes, couplers, track signals, and switches.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Daily Intelligencer, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Some locks are designed to secure the receiver hitch to the vehicle, and some secure the trailer coupler to the ball, preventing its use in towing the trailer away.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The coupler assemblies, which connect the cars, were moved to the Greenbelt Rail Yard repair and overhaul center.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2020
  • One resourceful backpacker invented this coupler for refilling miniature toothpaste tubes from full-sized ones.
    — Zoe Gates, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
  • For that purpose people often use acoustic modems, which can turn electronic signals into sound, and vice versa, like an old-fashioned acoustic coupler for a telephone.
    — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2020
  • The water rushed past the Acousonde, the listening device still fastened to his back by suction cups and a magnesium coupler that slowly dissolves in salt water.
    — Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Maintenance workers also didn’t have the proper tools to overhaul the coupler, safety investigators said.
    — Washington Post, 13 May 2021
  • An aftermarket manual jack stand raises out of the way while on the road and then lowers into position to raise the trailer coupler off the hitch without causing anyone a hernia.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Simulations suggest that their approach can increase the amount of rail track that’s used among multiple trains and avoid overcompression or extension of couplers within a single train.
    — Michelle Hampson, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2019
  • An automatic-parking aid will help line up to it, according to Fisker, and the design of the coupler allows some position flexibility.
    — Bengt Halvorson, Car and Driver, 20 Dec. 2017
  • During a fire, firefighters can connect a hose from a nearby hydrant to one or both couplers, boosting pressure and providing additional water to systems inside the building.
    — Keith Williams, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
  • But a new adjustable coupler that helps keep neighboring qubits connected proved so successful in the Sycamore design that Google’s researchers soon decided to focus on that device.
    — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Oct. 2019

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