Sentence examples for someone more formidable from inspiring English sources

But I have a feeling the scene wouldn't work if the boyish Mr. Hanks were replaced by someone more formidable, say, Frank Langella or Clint Eastwood or Humphrey Bogart.

All of which is enough to confirm John Deakin as one of the best scouts of the century; he mapped out a certain territory and prepared the way for someone more formidable than he was.

Nevertheless, the GAM looks more formidable.

But far more formidable challenges lie ahead.

There are other, more formidable reasons.

It makes her more formidable, not less.

The next fence looked more formidable.

He is a much more formidable figure.

The political ones may be more formidable.

Nonhuman stink problems are more formidable.

I have never seen her more formidable.