He couched his demand in respectful words.
Source: tatoeba (2077222)
Couched
/kaʊt͡ʃt/
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The rhetoric of hate is often most effective when couched in the idiom of love.
Source: tatoeba (4512785)
Anti-intellectualism is often couched in the disguise of criticizing "elitism".
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Here they found the unfortunate girl seated, or rather couched like a hare upon its form—her head-gear dishevelled, her night-clothes torn and dabbled with blood, her eyes glazed, and her features convulsed into a wild paroxysm of insanity.
Source: tatoeba (7760875)
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