Sentence examples for formidable wave from inspiring English sources

In explanation, he wrote: "I would have become a convert, had I not foreseen for years a formidable wave of anti-Semitism about to break upon the world.

There's the heroism of Henri Bergson the man who wrote the brilliant essay On Laughter wanted to convert from Judaism to Christianity for spiritual reasons, but didn't because of "a formidable wave of anti-Semitism about to break upon the world.

They are forceful and often successful in confronting restrictions and criminalization in individual cities, but they also recognize that as long as this work remains isolated by geography and jurisdictional limitations, it is no match for the formidable wave of power and money that is sweeping the country.

An overnight blast of unseasonable stormy winds in excess of 20 knots had stacked up formidable waves across the Hauraki Gulf race course, but the breeze was just one factor in the race committee's decision.

Amidst the formidable waves, sea spray and foam streak horizontally across the surface at high speed, blurring the view of the ocean's surface in this photo from an aircraft flying through a hurricane.

In that room this evening the people from Liars Club and Cocadisco team up to bring you an evening of electronic pleasure and shredded exotica courtesy of Munich's formidable no-wave duo POLLYester and long-time Vice hero and cosmic fruitcake DJ Mooner.

In club acts this man was the specialist in alienation; his ferocious assaults on assertive audience members, driven by a formidable intellect, can spread waves of discomfort all around him.

Bradshaw laughed, admitting that while the shore waves looked formidable, what was waiting for us three-quarters of a mile out would make these seem tiny.

Locals have used this extra time to devise a formidable defense against the inevitable waves of change to hit their streets.

Direct detection of these gravitational waves, however, is a formidable technical challenge.

"He is a formidable scholar and this book will undoubtedly make waves and cause us to think again about the text – or texts – of Shakespeare's greatest play," he said.