Sentence examples for formidable wealth from inspiring English sources

Esau vows to kill Jacob, and even after establishing a large family and formidable wealth and power, Jacob still fears his brother as he waits for a fateful reunion alone by the banks of a stream.

Their relationship's most compelling moments are the "small," interstitial acts of caring, like Jackson icing Ally's hand with frozen peas, wanting to get "another look" at her, or helping Ally relax in the recording studio by reminding her she performs best with a piano (and then using his formidable wealth and clout to fly one in).

Amid the worst recession in a generation, Zuckerberg has also created formidable new wealth for himself and thousands of others, perhaps $35 billion since Facebook's inception in 2004.

Duke was born to a family with nomenclature as formidable as its wealth & social position.

But Clinton enters the race with a formidable advantage and a wealth of support built up by the Ready for Hillary campaign network.

It pits a formidable establishment family with inherited wealth against a politically connected Goliath whose 53 casinos straddle the globe.

Ms. Fiorina was at one point viewed by Republicans as a formidable candidate because of her wealth (she has put $2.5 million into her campaign) and a compelling personal story: she rose from receptionist to chief executive and is also a breast cancer survivor.

The church continued to grow in wealth and prestige, becoming a formidable influence in Philippine politics by encouraging its members to vote in elections.

Calling the world's wealth of health data a formidable "engine of discovery," the National Institutes of Health on Thursday awarded $32 million in grants in a bid to make huge biomedical data sets accessible to researchers the world over.

Mr. Bloomberg could make a formidable candidate for governor, in part because of his great wealth.

If cheapening a currency were the way to wealth, Argentina would be the world's most formidable economic power.