How to Use formidable in a Sentence

formidable

adjective

• The mountains were a formidable barrier.
• He has mastered a formidable amount of material.
• When the teams do take the field, ASU will face a formidable task.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Mavericks had a strong showing at the top, featuring one of the more formidable backcourts in the league.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
• But by season’s end the Irish were a formidable rush defense.
  — Eric Hansen, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2020
• The 3rd Assault brigade is one of Ukraine’s most formidable fighting forces.
  — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• The tackling was better, and that group looked like a passable, though still not formidable, unit.
  — Tod Palmer, kansascity, 9 Sep. 2017
• But the health care drama promises to tax even his formidable gifts.
  — Michelle Cottle, The Atlantic, 24 May 2017
• The tannins are still formidable, while the wine’s acidity is on the modest side.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 July 2022
• Because the forces that keep drivers in their cars are formidable.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2019
• But the challenges facing him and his team are formidable.
  — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022
• Most teams do not present such a formidable right side attack.
  — Ian Vescera, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2019
• Utah won’t be as formidable as last season, but a first-to-last fall in South is unthinkable.
  — oregonlive, 4 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 9 May 2024