How to Use formidable in a Sentence
formidable
adjective
- The mountains were a formidable barrier.
- He has mastered a formidable amount of material.
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When the teams do take the field, ASU will face a formidable task.
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Michelle Gardner,
The Arizona Republic,
31 Dec. 2021
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Sophia Smith is having a blast at the Olympics, and a lot of it has to do with the U.S. team’s formidable front three.
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Anne M. Peterson,
The Denver Post,
30 July 2024
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On the court, McCarty aims for his team to be one of the more formidable teams.
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oregonlive,
18 May 2021
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At the same time, Sanders was formidable in his core groups.
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Gary Langer,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2020
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The two form a formidable bond as the film riffs on Schwarzenegger’s star persona.
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Charna Flam,
Variety,
10 June 2023
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One of the only weak points of this formidable suit of Bronze Age armor is at the back of the heel — the famous weak spot of Achilles.
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Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
1 July 2024
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This quintet will be tested right out of the gate, as the Jets front is formidable.
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Jim McBride,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Nov. 2022
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Such is the nature of a battle with a virus, our most formidable foe.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN,
17 May 2020
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Tell us about this formidable matriarch and the role of women in the West.
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Josh Haner,
National Geographic,
29 June 2018
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That’s simply not the case right now, and the road ahead remains formidable.
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Nick Moyle,
San Antonio Express-News,
21 Jan. 2018
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The Vols will be formidable early, but then the bottom falls out.
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Charles Hollis,
al,
18 Oct. 2019
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Better to play the odds on the road against a formidable opponent.
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Kevin Sherrington,
Dallas News,
14 Sep. 2020
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Even the world's most formidable team of superheroes has to face mean tweets.
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Rebecca Farley,
refinery29.com,
1 May 2018
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Ancient curse or no, the weather on the path was formidable.
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Heidi Julavit,
The New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2021
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Some of them have come to beat formidable rivals at their own game.
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Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
27 June 2024
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Echo along the way, Maya proves to be a formidable adversary.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 Dec. 2021
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The rising start is a formidable force in the electronic game.
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Billboard Staff,
Billboard,
4 Apr. 2018
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Having been at it for 35 years, the level of U.S. YA shows is formidable.
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Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2023
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He was known as someone who used his formidable size to break up fights.
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Rick Jervis,
USA TODAY,
8 June 2020
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Dallas' defense is formidable, but the Seahawks will do just enough to win the game.
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The Seattle Times,
28 Oct. 2018
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Given the approach of her most formidable foe yet in Sarah.
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Josh St. Clair,
Men's Health,
27 Nov. 2022
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The Mavericks had a strong showing at the top, featuring one of the more formidable backcourts in the league.
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Sean Collins,
Dallas News,
10 Aug. 2023
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The return of defensive end Kwity Paye to the lineup makes the Colts front much more formidable.
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The Indianapolis Star,
12 Nov. 2022
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The high bar set last year provides a new task that will be the duo’s most formidable to date: trying to match the standard this season.
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Glenn Graham,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2023
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Both the Suns and the Cavs have a lot of young talent and while the Suns can score in bunches, the Cleveland defense has been formidable this season.
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Ian Firstenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2023
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But by season’s end the Irish were a formidable rush defense.
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Eric Hansen,
The Indianapolis Star,
23 June 2020
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Horowitz has built a formidable e-commerce business, which now makes up 50% of company sales.
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Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2024
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These organizations, which are all full of movers and machers, have become a formidable bloc of support for the Harris-Walz campaign.
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Jazmine Hughes,
The New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2024
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