How to Use formidable in a Sentence

formidable

adjective

• The mountains were a formidable barrier.
• He has mastered a formidable amount of material.
• The Panthers defense is very formidable, but the Lions are locked in.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
• In Musk, Apple faces a formidable new foe, one who could still influence the outcome of the war.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2022
• By then, Robeson was devoting his formidable talents to another field.
  — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
• Whoever ultimately gets the job won’t have as shoes as big to fill as Noah did when Stewart left, but the task is formidable nonetheless.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2022
• The Mannequin, which likes to hide in corners and launch surprise attacks, can also crawl on walls and jump from ceilings later on which makes for a formidable encounter each and every time.
  — George Yang, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
• 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.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
• Not even van Dijk is winning more aerial duels per 90 minutes than Konate who is a formidable figure in either penalty area.
  — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• When the teams do take the field, ASU will face a formidable task.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2021
• 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.
  — Anne M. Peterson, The Denver Post, 30 July 2024
• On the court, McCarty aims for his team to be one of the more formidable teams.
  — oregonlive, 18 May 2021
• At the same time, Sanders was formidable in his core groups.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2020
• The two form a formidable bond as the film riffs on Schwarzenegger’s star persona.
  — Charna Flam, Variety, 10 June 2023
• 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.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2024
• This quintet will be tested right out of the gate, as the Jets front is formidable.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022
• Such is the nature of a battle with a virus, our most formidable foe.
  — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 17 May 2020
• Tell us about this formidable matriarch and the role of women in the West.
  — Josh Haner, National Geographic, 29 June 2018
• That’s simply not the case right now, and the road ahead remains formidable.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Jan. 2018
• The Vols will be formidable early, but then the bottom falls out.
  — Charles Hollis, al, 18 Oct. 2019
• Better to play the odds on the road against a formidable opponent.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2020
• Even the world's most formidable team of superheroes has to face mean tweets.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 1 May 2018
• Ancient curse or no, the weather on the path was formidable.
  — Heidi Julavit, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
• Some of them have come to beat formidable rivals at their own game.
  — Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 27 June 2024
• Echo along the way, Maya proves to be a formidable adversary.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021
• The rising start is a formidable force in the electronic game.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2018
• Having been at it for 35 years, the level of U.S. YA shows is formidable.
  — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
• He was known as someone who used his formidable size to break up fights.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 8 June 2020
• Dallas' defense is formidable, but the Seahawks will do just enough to win the game.
  — The Seattle Times, 28 Oct. 2018
• Given the approach of her most formidable foe yet in Sarah.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 27 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024