Sentence examples for upon a couple from inspiring English sources

During my visit I came upon a couple of awestruck medical students.

It is enlightening to come upon a couple of Japanese prints by Hiroshige and Utamaro that Weir owned.

Both center upon a couple with two children, a son and a daughter, and a husband who leaves his wife for a much younger woman.

On the Promenade through town, I came upon a couple of protesters, who had set up a foosball table, marked "reich/rich" on one end and "arm/poor" on the other, and tilted in favor of the reich.

Should you happen upon a couple of dead people, don't dance with them, don't make shadow plays next to them, and please don't go walking off when you've had your fun and got bored.

On the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2002, a group of marine biologists vacationing on Isla San José, in Baja California Sur, Mexico, came upon a couple of whales stranded along the beach.

Deformation and damage depend upon a coupled set of evolving internal state variables, e.g. dislocation density, which in turn is affected by thermally activated and deformation-dependent recrystallisation and recovery.

Upon discovery, a couple of dozen other asteroids have been classed level 1 or more, only to be downgraded later.

"The Brethren," be assured, became No. 1 upon appearance a couple of weeks ago and is now bringing prosperity to bookstores everywhere.

Since he counted on his track activities to keep him in shape, he was taken aback when a doctor pressed upon him a couple of pills calculated to restore vitality.

One comment, in particular, by Aneil Mishra, jumped out at me, as it articulated an issue I had been reflecting upon for a couple of days: The reason we thoughtful men can get upset about columns like this is that we are no longer allowed (for good reason) to make stereotypical comments about women without castigation.