On the surface, it isn't an especially formidable lineup, though circumstances, campaigns and upset victories can change that.
He attributed this not to his skill at poker but to his gambling instincts, which are formidable in some circumstances (backgammon, mainly) and horrendous in others (sports betting, mainly).
In such circumstances even the most formidable terrestrial predators would have difficulties.
But the generally sparse presence of American forces in the city has made it difficult to restore order, a formidable challenge under the best of circumstances.
"Antisubmarine warfare is a tough business under any circumstances, and any torpedo is formidable," a retired Navy captain, Bernard Cole of the National War College, said.
"Redefining the role under these circumstances is going to be a formidable task".
Nearly 70 years after the untimely death of U.S. General George S. Patton, suspicions linger as to the nature and circumstances surrounding the demise of this formidable military genius.
Even had she undertaken it in less lustrous circumstances, Ms. LuPone's reckoning with this formidable part would be a noteworthy theatrical event ("the character she was born to play," declared the Ravinia Web site, not without reason).
But the speed of composition, and the melancholy circumstances, seem only to have quickened and compressed his formidable wits.
Although it is possible to expand the definition to take into account the breeding partners an animal might have in certain circumstances, the philosophical complications entailed by this departure are formidable.
