How to Use formidable in a Sentence

formidable

adjective

• The mountains were a formidable barrier.
• He has mastered a formidable amount of material.
• One of them is this: The assimilative powers of Britain are formidable.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2022
• Tampa’s defense is aggressive and diverse and coach Todd Bowles should have a formidable plan against a rookie passer.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
• While dragons and elves were dominating most of the streaming real estate this year, one show was quietly proving itself to be just as formidable without the same fantasy bells and whistles.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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
• The return of defensive end Kwity Paye to the lineup makes the Colts front much more formidable.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Nov. 2022
• The bottom line: Selzer has a formidable track record, but she's been off the mark before.
  — Justin Green, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
• Horowitz has built a formidable e-commerce business, which now makes up 50% of company sales.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024