He repeated that comment today but couched his concern in philosophical terms.

The story they told was couched in terms familiar to most Americans.

But the survey also shows that people are much more willing to welcome immigrants when the issue is couched in personal terms.

Most of the musical ideas were couched in thoroughly familiar terms.

The differences between the two groups cannot be couched in such grandiose terms.

The fight, however, is couched in terms that leave room for wide-ranging interpretation.

But even then, he couched his remarks in terms that implied no criticism of China.

Couched in such general terms, that is not correct.

This is a superb report, couched in very moderate terms.

Never once, though, had one of these Washington summonses been couched in such urgent terms.