Sentence examples for a formidable figure in from inspiring English sources

Inigo Martinez cuts a formidable figure in central defense.

By the 1990s Tumim was already a formidable figure in the charity world.

It had been sponsored by his predecessor, Lynne V. Cheney, a formidable figure in the culture wars.

A formidable figure in Russian music, Temirkanov served as a mentor both to Gergiev and later to Petrenko.

A formidable figure in American press boxes during my Sports Illustrated years was Jerome Holtzman of The Chicago Tribune.

Liberal commentators are quick to suggest that such moments make Mr. Christie a formidable figure in 2016.

Furlong describes Taylor as a formidable figure: "She was in her St.

At 6 feet 7 inches and 275 pounds or so, Kowalski was a formidable figure who delighted in applying his claw hold, a thumb squeeze to an opponent's solar plexus, when he was not leaping from the top strand of the ropes and descending on his foe's chest.

December 22 2015 December 27 201515 "The Art of Conversation," one of last year's best jazz recordings, spotlighted the inspired partnership between two eminent jazz figures, the bassist Dave Holland and the pianist Barron, a formidable figure since his emergence, in the sixties, and a prime example of early promise turned golden through experience.

But while many of his rivals consider Dr. Dean an increasingly formidable figure in the field, he was the subject of far less criticism than many Democrats -- including he himself -- had expected going into tonight's event.

I shot around with him while, a few courts away, Rob Sergeant, a formidable figure, who once played professional basketball in Europe, worked out a kid who was maybe twelve, or ten, or eight, with no apparent physical gifts.