Examples of 'attempted a coup' in a sentence

Meaning of "attempted a coup"

Attempted a coup means to make an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow a government or seize power. The phrase is often used in the context of political instability or conflicts

How to use "attempted a coup" in a sentence

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attempted a coup
He attempted a coup a month later but was unsuccessful.
About the same time the communists in Indonesia attempted a coup.
You attempted a coup against the emperor.
Theron expelled the Ionians after they attempted a coup and settled the city with Dorian Greeks.
We attempted a coup against him, he defended himself.
Shortly afterwards police loyal to him attempted a coup d'état.
Mishima attempted a coup on his native Japan.
Six months later, a group of Somaliland military officers unsuccessfully attempted a coup d'état.
The old guard attempted a coup against Gorbachev.
Guess it runs in the family . I attempted a coup.
No . You attempted a coup against the emperor.
Sensing their growing strength, the barrientistas attempted a coup in October of that year.
George Speight attempted a coup against the prime minister of Fiji, Mahendra Chaudhry.
With Gorbachev on vacation in the Crimea, they attempted a coup.
In the meantime, Armenian communists attempted a coup in Armenia, but ultimately failed.

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President Salva Kiir announced on national television that former Vice-President Riek Machar had attempted a coup.
Four days later, radical soldiers attempted a coup to prevent the surrender.
He attempted a coup d'etat.
I was sent to stop you. You attempted a coup against the emperor.
He attempted a coup d'état.
By August, the Dinosaurs attempted a coup against him.
Only a few weeks earlier, the anti-democratic and anti-popular forces in Venezuela had attempted a coup d'état.
Once he arrived, Huijong attempted a coup d'état against him.
In August of that year, hard-line conservatives attempted a coup.
Once he arrived, Huijong attempted a coup d'etat against him.
Eventually, our military leader General Zod, attempted a coup.
At this time a few young officers attempted a coup d'etat, the notorious February 26th incident.
Two months later, the Republican Guard attempted a coup.
Captain Obrou attempted a coup d'état.
In June, Eric Lenge, a major in the Presidential Guard, reportedly attempted a coup.
It's believed you escaped. You attempted a coup against the emperor.
Hugo Chavez then attempted a coup d'état of the Venezuelan government in 1992.
What did you do? I attempted a coup.
On July 25 the Nazis attempted a coup under the leadership of the Austrian SS.
In mid-May, rebel generals attempted a coup.
Socialists and anarchists attempted a coup d'état on 6 October 1934 in Asturias and Catalonia.
Rached Ghannouchi had created a local branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and attempted a coup d'etat in 1987.
On 11 June, about 40 presidential guards attempted a coup d & apos ; état, accusing the Transitional Government of incompetence.
In February 1936 young radical officers of the Imperial Japanese Army attempted a coup d'état.
General Zod, attempted a coup.
In July 2016 parts of the Turkish military attempted a coup against Erdogan.
In July 1934 the Nazis attempted a coup and they shot the chancellor Engelbert Dolfuss.
The Vanuatu Mobile Force, a paramilitary group, attempted a coup in 1996 because of a pay dispute.
On 11 June, about 40 presidential guards attempted a coup d'état, accusing the Transitional Government of incompetence.
At one point, a military contingent in Oporto attempted a coup d'état in Lisbon, which was suppressed.
In July 2016, part of the Turkish army attempted a coup against the current government.
In September 1965 the Communists attempted a coup in Indonesia.
On April 30, self-appointed “ interim president ” Juan Guaidó attempted a coup against the Chavista government of Venezuela.

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