Sentence examples for somewhat imposing from inspiring English sources

BEN MCGRATH: Two-part answer: 1) Although he's a big dude, and therefore somewhat imposing, he's pretty approachable, yes.

Even without a subwoofer, the Yamaha recreates very good surround sound from a single — if somewhat imposing — black rectangle.

Science was an undertaking that required discipline and enterprise; it was somewhat imposing because it could seem so impersonal in its quest, and somewhat heroic because it was so full of mystery and possibility.

The Preseli Hills, lower and somewhat less imposing, are known mainly as the source of the "foreign" bluestone that was used at Stonehenge.

Its fat, smooth twists, which are accented by the wood's rippling striations, form an imposing, somewhat suggestive knot.

This pianist — Cuban-born, now in Florida — is an imposing, somewhat distant presence in the American jazz scene.

Although alcohol is generally conceded a place in mid-twentieth-century medicine, the position it occupies there falls somewhat short of imposing.

He was 95 years old at the time, the master of the 1,100-acre 1,100-acrearm in OCircle H still a tall, somewhat stooped but imposing farmre at the races, nearly 50 years after he spotted Hoop Jr. in the auctiOcalang in Kentucky.

The exact enrollment cutoff date, however, is somewhat arbitrarily chosen, imposing uniform school-entry timing even when young children of the same age may vary in school readiness, leading to academic advantages or disadvantages for children born in different months (Bedard and Dhuey 2006; Dhuey and Lipscomb 2010; McEwan and Shapiro 2008; Mühlenweg and Puhani 2010).

In contrast to these finely wrought objects is an imposing but somewhat fearsome necklace whose main component is bear claws.

"Yes, it's a disgrace," agrees the caustic, somewhat original, and entirely imposing lady who presides over this litter.