Sentence examples for formidable roles from inspiring English sources

IN two time zones on two continents, the actors Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf have been taking on formidable roles that sit at the center of the American theatrical canon.

This is a Spurs team winning with second round picks Matt Bonner and DeJuan Blair, along with undrafted Gary Neal and supposedly washed-up Antonio McDyess all playing formidable roles in only the way Popovich could have foreseen.

American Special Operations troops played no formidable role, they said.

This formidable role, sometimes called the Russian Otello, should still suit his heroic tenor voice.

And Ms. Barron, a poised young actress, is a striking presence, performing more than creditably in a formidable role.

Next Thursday that formidable role is taken over by the fine young lyric tenor Stephen Costello, who made an impressive Met debut in the small role of Arturo.

Whatever the vocal issues with Mr. Calleja's Hoffmann, he withstood the pressure of singing this formidable role for the first time in a major new production at the Met, and saved the day.

Vice President Dick Cheney is assembling a powerful parallel White House staff, including a mini-National Security Council and domestic policy team, to support his formidable role in shaping the Bush agenda and brokering it on Capitol Hill.

Ms. Rice seems likely to play a formidable role as well, not only because she was a shaper of policy during the presidency of Mr. Bush's father but also because she has developed a close working relationship with the Texas governor during the last 18 months.

Most striking has been Ms. Graham's recent evolution beyond parts like the sprightly Cherubino from Mozart's "Nozze di Figaro" and into more attention-grabbing characters like the title roles of "The Merry Widow" and Offenbach's "La Belle Hélène," as well as the formidable role of Dido in Berlioz's "Troyens," which she sang for the first time in October at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

For some, the notion that intelligent machines will play a formidable role in the economy of the future is worrisome.