Sentence examples for quite fearsome from inspiring English sources

But the youngest member of the family, Small, calling the others "such sillies," boldly ventures outdoors to confront the beast, who seems quite fearsome at first.

Hunter, who already had a three-run homer in this series, was coming to the plate, with Guerrero, not quite as fearsome as he once was, behind him.

Suddenly, though, the Yankees are not looking quite as fearsome as they were, writes Kevin Kernan in The Post and John Harper of The Daily News believes there is some real reason for concern on their side.

Robert Mugabe at 91 isn't quite the fearsome force he once was.

He isn't quite as fearsome as PETMAN, but he does offer some remarkably apelike moves.

Mr. Norquist is apparently quite a fearsome individual, seemingly in command of the Republican party's anti-tax policy.

After four years of Charles van Commenee it seems unthinkable that any senior figure at UKA could be quite so charismatic, or fearsome, as the disciplinarian Dutchman but Black – whose first task will be to appoint a successor to the outgoing head coach – has already made quite an impression.

Their contretemps – first at Strange's squalid Venetian garret and then the more climactic clash at Lost Hope – when Strange finally realised that Arabella was quite alive and quite enchanted, was fearsome stuff, as the Gentleman encased his enemy in darkness.

This time the subject is Pierre Boulez, the once fearsome, now almost (if not quite) beloved godfather of Total Serialism.

He looks fearsome, but also rather tired.

Despite their fearsome reputation they are thought to be quite passive predators, whereas the smaller Humboldt squid is much more violent.