Example Sentences

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"They are then opposed in vain, for Alderman Van Beverout has weakly believed the sex and condition of his ward would protect her from these coups-de-main."

From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore

His antagonists detailed his adventures, his coups-de-main, Strasburg, Boulogne, the tame eagle, and the piece of meat in the little hat.

From Napoleon the Little by Hugo, Victor

"No advance anywhere along the lines; a few coups-de-main here and there—indecisive results."

From Home Fires in France by Canfield, Dorothy

Never were opportunities better chosen, coups-de-main better supported, errors of the besieged more quickly taken advantage of.

From The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas père, Alexandre