Sentence examples for formidable and capable from inspiring English sources

His formidable and capable mother, Sofie, looked upon him as her favorite; Roald, one of five children, was known as "the apple".

He was still formidable, and capable of lizard-quick wittiness, but the humour was perhaps less biting than it had been.

Nonetheless, the aluminum- and carbon-fiber Vanquish is quite formidable, and should be capable of 190 mph.

We are not dealing with a ragtag army but a formidable and deadly insurgency capable of this scale of attack.

There's a chilly certainty at the core of Walt now, an almost sociopathic self-confidence that makes him much more formidable and much less capable of self-doubt.

A left-arm spinner and capable bat, he will strengthen the already formidable lower-order.

Rooney may not be the player many thought he would become when his career was in its electrifying infancy with Everton, Manchester United and England but he is still a formidable talent capable of moments of game-changing brilliance.

A victory against Ivan Lendl in Toronto two weeks ago was a reminder that Curren can still be a formidable player, capable of making noise in the Open.

The handsome male I am watching keeps its distance, offering up fleeting glimpses of its formidable beak, capable of cracking cherry stones.

He was clever, handsome, and capable.

"If we have the Ayews, K-P Boateng, Michael Essien to join the squad that will make it formidable, even capable of winning the world cup".