Sentence examples for a formidable coup from inspiring English sources

In 1958, MCA bought Universal's back lot for $11.3 million -- a formidable coup not only for film and television production work, but also because it sprawled over 367 acres of almost undeveloped Los Angeles real estate.

"You are a formidable couple.

"This written accord by the most senior officers in the Army ... acted as a formidable firebreak against any attempt to incite a coup d'état in Tokyo".

In 30 years of rule, he transformed Syria from a coup-prone pawn of stronger Arab states into a formidable regional power.

"He's a formidable candidate".

That was a formidable problem.

They made a formidable team.

"It was a formidable assignment".

A formidable task.

A formidable historical novel.

He is a formidable networker.