Sentence examples for formidable were from inspiring English sources

The richer developing countries, such as Brazil or India, where the state apparatus was formidable, were reluctant to cede ground to outsiders.

Of his seven children, the most formidable were the oldest, Fritz, who inherited leadership of the family industries, and the third son, Heinrich, who was Heini's father.

What made it remarkable, and formidable, were the clarity, elegance and intellectual power with which it was propounded.No issue demanded the exercise of these qualities more than the Vietnam war, and probably none caused Brian more anguish.

I had a hunch "formidable" wasn't great news.

Formidable was completed with a Type 79 early-warning radar.

He writes, "The qualities that made her seem formidable... were essentially intellectual — along with her straight-backed, one might almost say regal, carriage".

He writes, "The qualities that made her seem formidable... were essentially intellectual along with her straight-backed, one might almost say regal, carriage".

The formidable Gamzatti was gone.

Some formidable names are already being mentioned.

Often called formidable, she was also flexible.

Another formidable challenge is security.