COUP in a Sentence

Learn COUP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

40 example sentences for COUP, such as:

1. He seized power in a military coup.
2. The coup de theatre had not come off.
3. She lost her position in a boardroom coup.
4. And another possible coup occurred to his mind.
5. You will take your place in the coupe to Chalons.

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 Meanings and Examples of COUP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
coup
 n.  sudden stroke; sudden appropriation of leadership or power; a takeover
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  And another possible coup occurred to his mind.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
2  The coup de theatre had not come off.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XX
3  de Vaublanc, the reformer of the Institute by a coup d'etat, the distinguished author of numerous academicians, ordinances, and batches of members, after having created them, could not succeed in becoming one himself.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817
4  He effects a coup d'etat because he, God, has not been able to make both ends meet.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES
5  At the time when all was matured for action, our readers may, perhaps, like to look behind the scenes, and see the final coup d'etat.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
6  Then shall we make our final coup, and hunt the wretch to his real death.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
7  It was a coupe of Koller's building, and with horses and harness for which Drake had, to the knowledge of all the lions of Paris, refused on the previous day seven hundred guineas.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 41. The Presentation.
8  The day following this scene, at the hour the banker usually chose to pay a visit to Madame Danglars on his way to his office, his coupe did not appear.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 66. Matrimonial Projects.
9  Danglars rushed out of the room, and made but one leap into his coupe.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 66. Matrimonial Projects.
10  Then he stepped into his coupe, calm and smiling, and was at home in five minutes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 89. A Nocturnal Interview.
11  Chateau-Renaud perceived him and immediately alighting from his coupe, joined him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
12  You will take your place in the coupe to Chalons.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.
13  The Doctor's coupe had returned for him and stood before the porte cochere.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXVIII
14  She did not wish to enter the coupe, and told Doctor Mandelet she would walk; she was not afraid, and would go alone.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXVIII
15  At that moment a pair of black trousers descending from the imperial, made its appearance at the window of the coupe.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT
Example Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  There have been seven coup attempts against the beleaguered government.
2  That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.
3  She pulled off a great coup in getting the president to agree to an interview.
4  Reports from the area indicate that it was a bloodless coup.
5  Instead of an outright coup attempt, the rebels want to chip away at her authority.
6  The trade unions suffered brutal repression after the coup.
7  A series of coup attempts and mutinies within the armed forces destabilized the regime.
8  They were about to bring off an even bigger coup.
9  Some of the leaders of the coup took their lives rather than face dishonour.
10  Haiti's first elected president was deposed in a violent military coup.
11  It was a tremendous coup for the local paper to get an exclusive interview with Prince Charles.
12  The government announced it had pre-empted a coup attempt.
13  Some military commanders wavered over whether to support the coup.
14  He seized power in a military coup.
15  She lost her position in a boardroom coup.