Sentence examples for consider formidable from inspiring English sources

As an encore he played a work even many pianists consider formidable listening, Webern's Variations (Op. 27), in a sensitive, involving and beguilingly fanciful performance.

They said Mr. Williams's ratings problems have nothing to do with his skills as a broadcaster -- which they consider formidable -- and everything to do with the evolving tastes of the cable news audience and the way "The News With Brian Williams" is scheduled.

Ms. McMahon is considered formidable if only because she has the ability to bankroll a statewide campaign.

Spotlight, The Big Short and The Martian, are all still considered formidable competition to The Revenant.

The Ghermezians are considered formidable negotiators, as they demonstrated last month when they persuaded Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey to provide $200 million in subsidies to the American Dream project in part to expand the mall to three million square feet, from 2.2 million.

Since losing to Purdue on Nov. 27, the Red Storm has thrashed opponents by an average of 25 points, although none except Pittsburgh, ranked 18th at the time, would be considered formidable.

But the film itself - one of cinema's first big-budget epics and probably the first to be made on location - he considers "formidable". "Casanova" was a project of Albatross Films, a company formed in France after the Russian Revolution by expatriate Russian film professionals -among them its star, Ivan Mosjoukine (a European matinee idol of the 1920's), and its director, Alexander Volkoff.

Historically, elephants were considered formidable instruments of war.

Heinz, Aboud and Farley are all considered formidable Democratic candidates in light of their legislative service.

It seems there are certain roles that would win any actor an Oscar, though that's not entirely true: consider the formidable names who have played Nelson Mandela, for example, and somehow missed the gold.

Mr. Corzine's allies plan to attack the Republican they consider more formidable, the former federal prosecutor Christopher J. Christie, in an attempt to knock him out in the June primary, according to people briefed on the matter.