The phrase "a formidable turn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant or impressive change in a situation or narrative.
Example: "The story took a formidable turn when the protagonist discovered the truth about their past."
Alternatives: "a significant shift" or "an impressive change".
Despite her belief that "sports are stupid," and that there are teams out there called the Cincinnati Thunder Wizards and the Orlando Blooms, Amy is assigned by her editor — a formidable turn by Tilda Swinton, encased in a sweeping wig and a fortress of makeup — to profile Aaron Conners Bill Haderr), a surgeon who specializes in sports injury.
As a chance to see a formidable turn by the enduring Michael Caine, as well as equally fine work by such other English acting veterans as Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay and Ray Winstone, "King of Thieves" is worth a look.
For instance, Stacy Keach — who is on a roll, after his formidable turn in "Nebraska" — is in solid form as Mia's grandfather, chewing through his cheesy lines with ease.
Little did they know they would become a formidable pair, and turn into the second-most successful doubles team in La Cañada's history, according to Moravec, who has coached the program for 19 years.
And in a later chase, Shaw and friends pull out a formidable tank that turns any vehicle it encounters into squished scrap metal.
An engineer by training, Ms. Mayer ran Google's search business for years, and she'll face a formidable challenge in turning around the slumping Yahoo.
Ahold is 115 years old, with sales estimated (before the scandal) at euro77 billion in 2002.Rather like Kenneth Lay at Enron, and Dennis Kozlowski at Tyco, another scandal-hit American firm, Ahold's now-departing boss, Cees van der Hoeven, won a formidable reputation from turning a dull company into a growth machine.
The creation must do three things: race across salt flats, climb a formidable rock pile and turn into an amphibious vehicle that can cross a lake.
He experimented with how to foster the regrowth of native plants and, in the end, twisted and shaped some holes in new directions, a reformatting that turned a formidable course into a frightening one when the wind blew.
– but she proves herself a formidable, and scathing, opponent, turning the tables on her inquisitor: "I've published a book, but, despite knowing that I would only answer in very general terms, you have focused the whole interview on the theme of my identity.
But provided he succeeds as mayor, Mr Ebrard may turn into a formidable rival to his former mentor.
