Sentence examples for a formidable hold from inspiring English sources

O'Rourke has attracted national attention, but Cruz looks to have a formidable hold on his seat.

She very much wants the new soccer league to succeed and for women's soccer to gain a formidable hold in America's sports landscape.

The new bank will be a formidable player, holding 51percentt of CDC Ixis, an asset management arm with $4.3 billion under management, as well as stakes in life insurance companies and a mortgage bank.

The power of O'Neal and the panache of Kobe Bryant repelled Iverson's heart and might tonight in Game 2. Surviving a scare in the final minutes, the Los Angeles Lakers finally got back to the business of resembling a formidable team, holding off the 76ers, 98-89.

Zito is a two-time Derby winner who, in January, was holding a formidable hand for the Triple Crown season.

Mr. McPherson has already carved out his niche on Broadway with "The Seafarer," about a poker game in which Satan holds a formidable hand.

The Knicks are shooting 41.3 percent, but their defense has been surprisingly formidable, holding the Celtics to 39.3 percent.

Defensively, the Trojans were just as formidable, holding Tyler Ebell, U.C.L.A's sensational redshirt freshman running back, to 56 yards on 12 carries.

Godley's is indeed a formidable head.

His Republic Industries Inc. has acquired 361 car dealerships, which combined hold a formidable share in 28 of the nation's top 50 markets.

That's a strategy that has worked well for companies such as Harley Davidson, and the new line of cruisers from Indian are proving a formidable challenger to the hold Davidson has enjoyed in Indian's absence from the consumer marketplace.