How To Use coup d'oeil In A Sentence
- The rest of the town of Avignon, placed as it is on a low level, affords no striking coup d'oeil, from the direction in which we approached it: the ancient walls, however, which inclose its whole circumference, unbroken and perfect, and beautifully crenated in every part, are a very remarkable feature. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819
- In his own case, the correctness of his first impressions -- what he himself called laughingly his _ "coup d'oeil" _ -- is in a measure proved by a note-book, now lying before the writers, in which he recorded his views of Bastia and the Corsicans after a very brief acquaintance -- that view requiring scarcely any modification when first impressions had been exchanged for real knowledge and experience. The Slave of the Lamp
- Lorsqu'on dédie un livre, on prévoit l'heure où l'ami le prend, jette un coup d'oeil et dit: 'Pourquoi m'a-t-il dédié une niaiserie pareille?' The Lake
