Sentence examples for had been formidable from inspiring English sources

There had been formidable speed pairings before but never an enduring pair of such contrast.

The judges, Bobby Flay, Mr. Tuschman and another Food Network executive, Susie Fogelson, had been formidable, he said.

At 60, he was tired and physically frail, and he feared (correctly) that he was losing his memory, which had been formidable, an important tool throughout his political career.

The companies' progress has been formidable.

Called MiEV Evolution II, they have been formidable in practice.

In the battle against bacteria, antibiotics have been formidable weapons.

— the logistics have been formidable, he said, and the hours on the road abundant.

Wall Street's crew on K Street — lobbyists' answer to advertising's Madison Avenue — has been formidable.

Civil war and poorly trained enumerators have been formidable obstacles to a reliable count.

However, the current Premier League leaders' European home record in recent years has been formidable.

But the political benefits, especially to their firstborn son, have been formidable.