Sentence examples for formidable people from inspiring English sources

These are real people, and they are formidable people.

He had been making a nice living writing music for other people -- formidable people -- to perform.

"Barack's grandmother is one of the formidable people in his life.

The first episode featured Ms. Pollard's search for a personal assistant, which called into play her formidable people skills.

The mood was well-behaved and upbeat, but the opening cheer echoed with a mighty roar, driving home just how formidable people can be when many act as one.

"To those despots who would force us to share a modicum of empathy for those brought low by the tragic exigencies imposed by a random universe -- no, no, a thousand times no!" bellowed Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, adding, "Americans are a strong and formidable people who need not be weakened by base emotions for the plights of strangers, or even their closest friends and family.

Despite the formidable challenges, people gathered outside the presidential palace Monday said they were hopeful that the deal could bring lasting peace to the troubled area.

He has brushed this aside, pointing out that his own tribe is formidable and people would think twice before starting a blood feud.

He conveys fascination with the way Canterbury Tower was full of formidable, interesting people "meeting one another for the first time, at almost the end of their lives".

Because the surf in and around the city is so formidable, few people learn to surf there — perhaps half of the city's surfers come from elsewhere.

The task he has set for himself is formidable: persuading people not only to vote, but also to take the time to write his name on the ballot -- up to six times, if possible.