Sentence examples for making them formidable from inspiring English sources

Neither man is exactly overflowing with charisma, but they have used their decades in Congress to learn precisely how to pull the legislative levers, making them formidable powers in the Senate and House.

"There is something about that family that makes them formidable political candidates," Mr. Cunningham said.

The Red Sox made shrewd decisions building their team, decisions that should make them formidable for a while.

This will make them formidable opposition in the Championship's promotion run in, and enabled them to flirt with the infliction of embarrassment.

The past decade's onslaught of cheap computer servers lashed together with virtualization and cloud software, however, made them formidable competitors for the work of mainframes.

Early humans wandered out of Africa armed with darts and arrows that made them formidable hunters and deadly competitors for any Neanderthals that stood in their way.

The improvising genius of the first generation of post-communist entrepreneurs makes them formidable in sales and purchasing, but less so, perhaps, in carefully managing what happens in between.

Scientists already knew that duckbill teeth made them formidable chewing machines.

Computers don't tire, crack under time pressure, or get psyched out--and that makes them formidable chess players.

"I think their position makes them formidable, but I wouldn't say we have nothing to lose," said McGhee.

Wales under Gatland have long had the skills, physique and fire in the belly to make them formidable opponents, as two Grand Slams and a further Six Nations title under the New Zealander's stewardship can testify.