Sentence examples for formidable challenger from inspiring English sources

In Michigan, Representative Debbie Stabenow is a formidable challenger.

But he is perhaps Orb's most formidable challenger in the compact field of nine.

And yet he has ended up as Mitt Romney's most formidable challenger.

Asked whether Tale of Ekati was a formidable challenger, Tagg parroted two of Dutrow's favorite expressions.

Mr. Simmons, a popular five-term state representative, proved to be a formidable challenger.

Hewitt would surely have been more ruthless and efficient against a more formidable challenger.

And formidable challengers are few and far between".

Germany's Angela Merkel, austerity's cheerleader, has dominated the debate for the past two years and faced few formidable challengers.

The more formidable challengers to Mr Chambliss may well sit out 2014 and wait for those trends to play out a bit more.

In nominating fights over the last two decades, such formidable challengers as Bob Dole, Richard A. Gephardt, John McCain, Bill Bradley and Howard Dean have faded after early defeats the way John Edwards, Mitt Romney and Rudolph W. Giuliani did this year.

However, Microsoft is lagging badly in current round of Internet competition and, analysts say, is facing more formidable challengers this time — notably Google.