Sentence examples for against formidable forces from inspiring English sources

It knew it was up against formidable forces — from the oil and coal companies that finance the studies skeptical of climate change to conservatives who hate anything that will lead to more government regulations to the Chamber of Commerce that will resist any energy taxes.

Those are fighting words - and Mr. Landau is up against some formidable forces.

Efforts to restrict proprietary trading will run up against an array of formidable forces.

Western forces are managing a meagre 15 strikes a day (compared with the 50 a day NATO carried out against Qaddafi's less formidable forces in Libya).

Powerful though his strokes must have been, they were powerless against the formidable force of the wind that surrounded us.

When Trump's approval ratings decline, it is less because of his decisions than "the formidable forces arrayed against him — the Resistance, the Never Trump movement, the Mueller investigation, and the media". One of Hanson's go-to adjectives is "sloppy," as though the president is just a toddler coloring outside the lines.

And that's just a partial list of formidable forces arrayed against sane and sensible drug laws.

But SOPA and PIPA were ultimately shelved last week, and not just because there were formidable forces lined up against it.

Along with Dutch bik​er gangs, who strangely enough have also seen some of their members join the battle, professional soldiers like Hillier will undoubtedly be seen by Peshmerga command as serious assets battling against formidable IS forces with superior heavy weaponry.

Along with Dutch bik​er​ gangs, who strangely enough have also seen some of their members join the battle, professional soldiers like Hillier will undoubtedly be seen by Peshmerga command as serious assets battling against formidable ISIS forces with superior heavy weaponry.

"It reaffirms their prowess as the only formidable force against ISIS capable of pushing the enemy back".