Even the formidable Marguerite ended her life impoverished and in exile, having lost her father, her husband, and her son — the three men without whom she was, in the eyes of those who mattered, worthless.
The fact that a sequel is already in the works suggests that Emmet and his pals will now be faced with a challenge far more formidable than ending the world: making a new one.
The performance of Mr. Adès's formidable concerto, which ended the program, drew a deserved ovation.
But in two standard repertory works, Tchaikovsky's overture-fantasy "Romeo and Juliet," which opened the program, and Shostakovich's formidable Fifth Symphony, which ended it, the playing of the orchestra under Mr. Maazel was often reined in and often listless.
How much good that subsequently did the mineworkers is debatable, but the power of the labor unions, annexed to the liberation struggle, would be a formidable contributor to ending white rule.
I remember this vividly because the instructor was the formidable sort who ended the session by screaming "relax from your yoga!" in a terrifying Russian accent, which seemed to misunderstand the whole point of both yoga.
It's not often that the formidable Margaret Hodge ends a session of the Commons public accounts committee, which she chairs and where she takes no prisoners, by commenting: "A jolly positive hearing".
Each of the three challenges Kerry faces is formidable, and he may end up failing at all of them.
Luton Town have to visit Burnley and Blackburn Rovers; and Leeds United's formidable opponents are Preston North End (twice), and Bolton at home.
In this formidable weapon, the long end of an arm on a pivot was hauled or winched down and then released, allowing a heavy counterweight at the short opposite end of the arm to drop and swing the long end upward through a vertical arc.
