Sentence examples for formidable challengers from inspiring English sources

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.

Second District, Eastern Connecticut: During his 20 years in Congress, Representative Sam Gejdenson has faced down a series of formidable challengers, not unlike this year's opponent, Robert Simmons.

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

West KEY TO WINNING THE DIVISION -- Kansas City and Denver are the class of the division, and if both teams improve their defenses, they will be formidable challengers in the postseason.

In Michigan, Representative Debbie Stabenow is a formidable challenger.

Mr. Williams, 49, has the makings of a formidable challenger given his political background with two presidents.

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.

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