Sentence examples for formidable star from inspiring English sources

He and his wife, Ethel, delighted crowds with their formidable star power and their friendliness.

Spiotta's artist, a grotesque Walter Mitty, lives inside his own alternate history, where he is a formidable star; in reality, he tends bar and suffers from gout.

And Plácido Domingo, by taking on the title role, the first role he has created in his 38 years at the Met, contributes his formidable star power.

At a time when Al Qaeda seems more inspirational than operational, Mr. Libi stands out as a formidable star whose rise to prominence tracks the group's growing emphasis on information in its war with the West.

It is disconcerting that these three very formidable stars are landed with such annoying and limp roles.

Blanche DuBois may well be the great part for an actress in the American theater, and I have seen her portrayed by an assortment of formidable stars including Jessica Lange, Glenn Close, Patricia Clarkson and Natasha Richardson.

Connolly and crew have hedged their bets with formidable stars on the other side of the camera, too, including Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto and Richard Roxburgh – which should help entice viewers into cinemas on September 26 for the film's special limited Australian release.

Albert the Great will test these formidable stars with two strikes on him: He did not run anywhere last year as a 2-year-old, and he will be appearing in his first stakes race.

The best moments showcase Duvall and Franco, formidable stars representing different cultural eras, testing the waters of a father-son relationship bruised by outmoded views of love and sin.

The poisoning scene from King John – acted by the formidable Victorian star Herbert Beerbohm-Tree in 1899 – was probably the first Shakespeare captured on celluloid.

A big-time New York incarnation — in a Broadway house with a fast-rising director (Kenny Leon, who staged the Tony-winning revival of "Fences") and two formidable Hollywood stars — should give this story a triumphant final chapter.