Sentence examples for formidable movement from inspiring English sources

Their opposition mushroomed into a formidable movement that underscored the growing influence of Islam in Indonesian politics.

In 1980, just as Ronald Reagan was riding his own formidable movement into power, Zinn published the thick volume that will remain his chief legacy.

But the ephemera the fascinating documentation and spirited newsletters provide the exhibition's glue, presenting the women not as anomalous achievers but as part of a formidable movement.

A more formidable movement has been organized by a group of subscribers in Washington, D.C., who call themselves the Committee of Ten Million to Oppose All-Number Calling.

But the ephemera — the fascinating documentation and spirited newsletters — provide the exhibition's glue, presenting women not as anomalous achievers but as part of a formidable movement.

And within nine months, the new party, the Movement for Democratic Change, had united black union activists and white corporate executives, students and workers into a formidable movement that shook the political establishment.

Achieving those broader goals requires building a more widespread and formidable Leftist movement than a presidential campaign could ever offer.

Hezbollah has grown into a formidable political movement with a well-armed paramilitary force known for its prowess in guerrilla warfare and generally thought to be stronger than Lebanon's army.

And while some individual writers have spoken up, the Young Adult industry has had little to say about what the New York Times called "the most formidable protest movement of the 21st century to date".

Some officials recall that the Soviet forces who invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 faced a similar pattern of poorly coordinated and clumsily executed attacks, but they note that it was not long before Moscow faced a formidable guerrilla movement.

No man has made himself more Israel's enemy in recent years than Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the portly, bespectacled Shiite Muslim cleric who leads Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based, Iran-backed Party of God thas has evolved into a formidable guerrilla movement and political party from the umbrella organization that once directed the Middle East's most brutal Islamic terrorists.