Sentence examples for a formidable king from inspiring English sources

Lord Coleridge did not want to sell this emblem of a distinguished ancestor; a jewel that connected his family to a formidable king.

The formidable king is abetted by and enamored of Armida, the imperious queen of Damascus, an expert in sorcery.

Another seasoned bass, Eric Halfvarson, as the Grand Inquisitor, is a formidable adversary of the king.

Contemporary portraits show a formidable but straight-backed king who hacks his way to the throne through a string of murders including his nephews, the little princes in the tower.

Edward's Welsh campaign produced one of the largest armies ever assembled by an English king in a formidable combination of heavy Anglo-Norman cavalry and Welsh archers that laid the foundations of later military victories in France.

The only force standing firm against the king's irrational hate is nonetheless a formidable one, the commanding Noma Dumezweni as Paulina, the queen's confidante.

A great banyan tree looms over the temple, its long tendrils grasping at the soil below; this is 'the king of the king of all trees,' says Agung Rai, and a formidable home for the spirits that live within.

But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T'Challa's mettle as king — and Black Panther — is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk.

But the next king of Leon, Ramiro II, who ascended the throne in 932, proved a formidable adversary and began immediately to mount attacks against Muslim territory.

"He's a formidable candidate".

That was a formidable problem.