Sentence examples for sudden coup from inspiring English sources

President Hamani Diori of Niger, the poor and drought-hit desert nation of West Africa, was overthrown by his army in a sudden coup yesterday.

After a 58-year reign, on 15 November 1889 the Emperor was overthrown in a sudden coup d'état led by a clique of military leaders whose goal was the formation of a republic headed by a dictator.

Although there was no desire for a change in the form of government among most Brazilians, the Emperor was overthrown in a sudden coup d'état that had almost no support outside a clique of military leaders who desired a form of republic headed by a dictator.

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This is not a sudden military coup but a sustained assault on his ability to govern.

The enlightened William Charles Hood in 1862 listed among the causes of insanity Fright, Jealousy, Sudden Prosperity, Coup de Soleil and Onanism.

The Kremlin's sudden diplomatic coup over Syria in September 2013 is unlikely to ease tension between Russia and the West, but it will make Russia even more assertive in its "near-abroad", as it likes to call the former Soviet territories.

Though unlikely, a sudden attack, assassination or coup, without any diplomatic build-up at all, cannot be ruled out.

A hot year ahead Flexing its mussels Putin's PR coup ReprintsThe sudden jump in arrivals is related to turmoil in Libya, from where most of the migrant-trafficking vessels depart.

Gambon has two great scenes as George V: first as the robust patriarch, barking orders at his quailing son, and then – the sudden decline is a modest coup du cinéma – incapable and on the verge of dementia, mumbling and maundering as his privy councillors make him sign away his executive responsibility.

His election brought a degree of stability to a country that has seen frequent coups, assassinations, and sudden changes in government since gaining independence, in 1825.