Sentence examples for somewhat formidable from inspiring English sources

That is how generous the Islanders are at the moment, even at Nassau Coliseum, where they had been somewhat formidable.

The rest of the N.F.L. is likely busy freaking out at how good the Patriots look these days, with their demolition of the somewhat formidable Bears showing they are really serious, writes Don Banks on SI.com.

Hussey was somewhat formidable, and she was conscientious in carrying out the Queen's instructions.

"It was taught by a somewhat formidable Jiyu Kennet Roshi, a large Englishwoman in a floaty grey robe well established in the Zen tradition.

Microsoft's Bing search engine made a splash when it debuted in 2009 as a somewhat-formidable alternative to Google.

And that's pretty formidable.

His wife, LaDawn, a formidable and somewhat scary woman, is out at the time of course.

Politico has nearly tripled its staff since 2008, when it was already a formidable if somewhat overextended presence on the campaign trail.

A young recruit to The Economist, somewhat intimidated by her formidable reputation and spinsterish appearance, once ventured that, whatever the merits of abstract art, he really preferred the representational kind.

I think that the movie has a sentimental streak that somewhat vitiates its (otherwise formidable) emotional and intellectual force: the protagonists take significant risks in launching their do-it-yourself detective adventure, but there isn't much sense of the emotional risks involved in friendship and intimacy themselves.

Although the latter monarch may have managed to rule a somewhat independent kingdom, surrounded by formidable Norwegian, Scottish, and English monarchs, his successors fell under the shadow of Hákon Hákonarson, King of Norway (died 1263), and rendered tribute to the latter in recognition of Norwegian overlordship.