Sentence examples similar to formidable hands from inspiring English sources

Zito is a two-time Derby winner who, in January, was holding a formidable hand for the Triple Crown season.

Mr. McPherson has already carved out his niche on Broadway with "The Seafarer," about a poker game in which Satan holds a formidable hand.

Unfortunately, in spite of machines that can automatically create serviceable decks, the level of micro-management required to create a truly formidable hand may be too much for some.

How successful Gen Prayuth is will depend on how skilfully he uses the formidable hand he now holds.

I'd written a comment piece elsewhere warning that it would be difficult for Mr Carne to remain in post when such a formidable, hands-on chairman had been imposed on him in the form of Sir Peter.

Swanson lands another formidable right hand moments later.

And the iPhone's processing power makes it a formidable challenger to hand-helds like Nintendo DS and Sony PSP.

But senators and other elected officials who once seemed untouchable have become fair game for primary challenges in the last several years, and Mr. Lugar has a formidable problem on his hands with Mr. Mourdock.

At a time of renewed terror warnings, some found it unsettling to know that a bus -- surely a formidable weapon in the hands of a terrorist -- could be stolen in Midtown Manhattan and remain undetected for so long.

The Fariq brothers' ordeal may be unusual, but it starkly illustrates an inescapable reality: the criminalization of debt has put a formidable weapon in the hands of landlords, banks and other creditors, who can send someone to jail with a single document showing a check has been returned for insufficient funds.

Target will have a formidable challenge on its hands in getting that many customers to make the switch.