Sentence examples for formidable attempt from inspiring English sources

Lord Rufford makes such a gesture to the husband-hunting Arabella Trefoil in Trollope's 1875 "American Senator" and finds himself in the center of Trefoil's formidable attempt at landing a proper mate.

One still remains — its successful maintenance against a formidable [internal] attempt to overthrow it.

"This written accord by the most senior officers in the Army ... acted as a formidable firebreak against any attempt to incite a coup d'état in Tokyo".

It is also very intuitive and right-brain in its approach, and does not attempt the formidable intellectual underpinning found in Wolfe's book (which includes 26 pages of endnotes), but I like it a lot.

It's the worst gringo hypocrisy!" Hypocrisy or not, Colombia's negative reputation can pose a formidable obstacle for locals attempting to lure American friends to visit.

Inside Out follows Sue Smith as she attempts this formidable climb with the training support of professional cyclist Dean Downing.

Such a river 1 km wide would pose a formidable barrier to anyone attempting the passage.

In 1943 she was sent to the Bradford Civic Playhouse, then run by JB Priestley and the formidable Esme Church, in an attempt to rectify her stutter.

Now Spiegelman and his board have been asked by the city's new mayor, Eric Garcetti, to take steps to "insure equal competition" in L.A.'s taxi industry — a formidable task, as cab companies attempt to fend off competition from mobile-phone-based ride-sharing applications such as Lyft and Uber.

A cause gave me inspiration and fueled my determination to go for a second attempt of this formidable peak.

The speech was also crafted to appeal to women, an attempt to close the formidable gap between Romney and Barack Obama with female voters.