Sentence examples for if formidable from inspiring English sources

Asked what the difference was, Mr. Berenson said that John Wells was "more a tough guy" — a recognizable, if formidable, human being.

More than an informative guide for the thousands of carers for brain-injury survivors, it's an eloquent biography of a man who was once a world expert on early music and an inspiring, if formidable, conductor.

If she was formidable, if people were scared of her, it was because she was so good at what she did, and she knew so much, and she was in the middle of everything — not because she'd been given power but because she assumed that this was where she belonged, because she cared so much".

If she was formidable, if people were scared of her, it was because she was so good at what she did, and she knew so much, and she was in the middle of everything not because she'd been given power but because she assumed that this was where she belonged, because she cared so much".

Yoga Woman is nothing if not formidable.

And what if the formidable dame who runs the aforementioned criminal family developed an appetite for cucumber sandwiches?

The following night, the only team with a lower standing than the Quakes were persistent, if not formidable, opponents against the defending MLS champions.

But it warns that the party "must take into the election a vision of a much more equal and sustainable society and the support of a wider movement if these formidable challenges are to be met".

Ever since Mr. Stringer took the helm last year at Sony, the struggling if still formidable electronics giant, the world has been hearing about how the coming PlayStation 3 would save the company, or at least revitalize it.

It must take into the election a vision of a much more equal and sustainable society and the support of a wider movement if these formidable challenges are to be met.

Wisps of white hair seem to fly from the crown of his head like flames and his eyebrows wing off his face, as if the formidable physical energy that once coursed through his now-arthritic limbs has found a new outlet.