Sentence examples for intimidating opponent from inspiring English sources

Across the net will be Jarkko Nieminen, a decent but hardly intimidating opponent whom the crowd will expect to do nothing more than play a walk-on part, take a bow then return to Finland and watch the rest of the tournament on television.

It turns out to be a friendly fight, but the scene emphasizes Lang's underdog status and scrappiness in opposition to his physically overpowering, intimidating opponent of color.

Their shared specialty was intimidating opponents by decisively winning fights.

Valencia boast some history and will be intimidating opponents at the Mestalla.

He has been accused of intimidating opponents and failing to lift the fortunes of the impoverished country.

In negotiation, we sometimes face the dreaded task of asking difficult people, intimidating opponents, and otherwise daunting counterparts for a big favor.

Until rather recently, Agassi's wife, Steffi Graf, was winning major after major and Boris Becker and Michael Stich were intimidating opponents at Wimbledon.

And, like McEnroe, Emanuel seems to employ his volcanic moments for effect, intimidating opponents and referees alike but never quite losing himself in the midst of battle.

Mercer, 36, wasn't around when Hull was at his electrifying, goal-scoring best, intimidating opponents and inciting the crowd's roar at the old Chicago Stadium.

First, control over ZANU-PF's grass-roots structures will be central to mobilizing voters and intimidating opponents, a perennial ZANU-PF electoral tactic.

Blackpool, meanwhile, have dismissed suggestions they might welcome vuvuzelas at Bloomfield Road in the hope of intimidating opponents during their debut season in the Premier League.