Sentence examples for formidable means from inspiring English sources
Yasir Arafat may not be able to prevent every Palestinian terrorist from attacking Israelis, but he has formidable means of political persuasion and police compulsion at his disposal.
On the other hand, the Powerbook's formidable size means it is more acceptable as a desktop computer replacement.
Does "formidable" now mean that you can keep convincing people that you have some humanity, and some influence on the president, when there's no evidence of either?
Which means formidable competition for Matt Visconti, a Wyckoff resident who fulfilled a decades-long dream of getting into the hot dog business by opening his Papaya King franchise in January, next to the Italian-food wholesaler Corrado's Family Affair.
On this evidence it can be said that Alan Pardew's Magpies – unbeaten and now third – are an improving but by no means formidable side because, having gone two up and been in total control against a Wolves team heading for a fourth straight defeat, they were fortunate to leave here with the points.
Formidable does not mean insurmountable.
For small artisanal bakers, it means only formidable competition.
South Africa were by no means as formidable as expected, but much of that was down to their opponents.
This means a formidable coalition of forces controlling a process that steadily and peacefully steers Syria away from its Ba'athist domination and violence.
A 15-day strike by the country's formidable army of dubbers means several shows, including sitcom Parenthood and fantasy cop drama Grimm, have been broadcast in their original language with Italian subtitles.
The epithet "Terrible" is in fact a mistranslation from the Russian-language word "Groznyi" which in reality means "stern," "formidable," "feared by enemies". Ivan's long reign was marked by violent internal conflict and a series of wars against many foreign foes sparked by his desire to expand Muscovy's frontiers, especially along and beyond the Volga river and to the Baltic seacoast in the west.
