Sentence examples for formidable contest from inspiring English sources

As a result, Mr. Hun Sen — who maintains a difficult-to-defeat political machine — faces what analysts describe as a formidable contest, tougher than the governing party is accustomed to and one that features starkly competing political priorities.

In 2016 conservatives will have to contend with a much more formidable set of Senate contests, the result of upset wins in 2010 mid-term races.

Her novel, Purple Hibiscus, a Nigerian coming-of-age story set during the military dictatorship of the mid-90s, is now a contender for the women-only prize in the most formidable shortlist of any book contest this year - a list stronger in depth than at the final stage of either the Booker or Whitbread prizes.

Few things in politics are certain, and the coming campaign is a contest between two formidable adversaries, determined and well-advised.

And rarely has either party witnessed a contest between two such formidable and evenly matched candidates.

Cole's competition was formidable.

The competition is formidable.

And Mr. Pataki said in an interview that he would personally help Mr. Lazio in the formidable task of raising money for his contest with Mrs. Clinton.

It's tense, credible and intelligent, even if pitting four Somali fishermen against Hanks, a big ship and formidable back-up is a pretty unfair contest – that very imbalance is part of the point.

The tough contest has sharpened Obama's already formidable skills and those of his top advisers as well.

But Mr. Clinton's plans for campaigning, and his rousing endorsement speech at the Democratic convention last month — after the long and bitter contest between Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton — are formidable acts of party loyalty and personal discipline.