Sentence examples for a nice coup from inspiring English sources

It'd be a nice coup for Seabreeze.

A nice coup, because Mr. Oldenburg, whose early sculptures of everyday objects -- like his "Soft Toilet" of 1966 -- helped define the Pop Art movement, is one of the most original draftsmen around.

Signing Hill, arguably the most accomplished all-around player in the game, and McGrady, one of the N.B.A.'s rising stars, was a nice coup, replete with all the attention deserving of the day.

Putting him in a Mets uniform would be a nice coup for a team that plays in the Yankees' shadow, but it could be a risk because Gordon has not been a full-time closer since 2001, when he was with the Chicago Cubs.

The deal is a nice coup for BitPay, which in December said it had processed $100 million in transactions in 2013.

Looking towards the future, a Michelin-star would be a nice coup for La Réserve and its owner, Michel Reybier Hospitality, which runs small group of five properties, including one in Geneva.

Tiffany Anders has scored a pretty nice coup for an unknown singer-songwriter: She's the first artist to have an album produced by alt-rock heroine Polly Jean Harvey.

In the well-acted "Frost / Nixon," a nice journalistic coup — David Frost's pushing Richard Nixon into semi-confessional mode, in 1977 — has been elevated to a great transformative moment in history, which, alas, it was not.

(The game was played by professional standards: Players used wooden bats, not aluminum). Berndt noted that should the event become an annual one, the opportunity to compete against professionals could be a nice "recruiting coup" for prospective players.

What makes it a coup — and a nice alternative to his earlier, more literary-leaning fare — is that it proves that breezy, or even giddy, doesn't have to mean lightweight.

Ruhlman's coup de grace is a simple recipe of his own: pasta, with butter, salt, and a nice Parmigiano Reggiano.