foudre

If you meet with any superlatively good, and not else, pray send over a 'foudre' of it, and write to him.

Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733

The 18-year-old Marcus was mesmerised by Dylan's stage persona, and he records the occasion as if it were a coup de foudre: "Something in his demeanour dared you to pin him down, to sum him up and write him off, and you couldn't do it."

Bob Dylan: Writings 1968-2010 by Greil Marcus – review 2011

Don watches this domestic scene and seems to be hit by a "coup de foudre" -- that unexpected bolt of lightening that wraps up a sense of crystalline truth and unbearable love.

Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 4: Lost to Follow-Up? Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010

Don watches this domestic scene and seems to be hit by a "coup de foudre" -- that unexpected bolt of lightening that wraps up a sense of crystalline truth and unbearable love.

Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 4: Lost to Follow-Up? Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010

Don watches this domestic scene and seems to be hit by a "coup de foudre" -- that unexpected bolt of lightening that wraps up a sense of crystalline truth and unbearable love.

Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 4: Lost to Follow-Up? Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010

Anthea lasts all of a day or so there; before one excruciating executive meeting is over (hilariously satirized), she has experienced a coup de foudre and fallen in love with the young woman painting protest slogans over the company sign.

Girl Meets Boy « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

Ramey Wine Cellars A NUANCED VISION | Hyde Vineyards in Napa, source of a great Ramey Chardonnay David Ramey was driving on a dusty road through the land of tequila and mezcal when he had what he describes as his "coup de foudre"—otherwise known as his road-to-Mexicali moment—and realized, improbably, that he wanted to make wine.

Wines That Favor Balance Over Power Jay McInerney 2011

Don watches this domestic scene and seems to be hit by a "coup de foudre" -- that unexpected bolt of lightening that wraps up a sense of crystalline truth and unbearable love.

Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 4: Lost to Follow-Up? Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010

We started jamming in his rehearsal space and then my basement the week after that, and the band was born - it was like coup de foudre!

Holly Cara Price: Amanda Palmer on Life, Art, Music, and Smashing Paradigms: So Much is Possible, and I Want to Do it All! Holly Cara Price 2010

Don watches this domestic scene and seems to be hit by a "coup de foudre" -- that unexpected bolt of lightening that wraps up a sense of crystalline truth and unbearable love.

Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 4: Lost to Follow-Up? Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010