How to use "formidable" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "formidable" in popular movie and book plots

But the forces that stand in her way turn out to be much more formidable than she ever imagined. - The Rebirth of Buddha
They ultimately turn out to be a formidable foe. - Cardfight!! Vanguard G
With Dhanu's muscular power, Tanu's speed and Manu's power of voice, they pose as the most formidable team. - Trideviyaan
Billy (Xavier Samuel) and Lucy (Morgan Griffin) grew up together in a small town in Australia, where they form one of the town's most formidable ute driving teams. - Spin Out (2016 film)
However, this doesn't last long when a new, formidable enemy appears known as "Eden", an international organization of powerful adepts from all over the world. - Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
London jazz pianist and aspiring composer Rupert Street (Dudley Moore) is looking to have a 30th birthday to remember, marriage on the big day, but lacks a bride, and in the six weeks that remain, he has set himself the no less formidable additional target of writing a musical, all through fear of reaching that grand age having achieved nothing in life. - 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia
Lash proves a formidable opponent to Hive, neutralising his parasites when he attempts to enthral him, and slaughtering the Primitives. - Emancipation (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
The story centers around four young men who are assigned to Nanba, the world's most formidable prison. - Nanbaka
Season four will see Bea battle two formidable enemies. - Wentworth (season 4)
Rohit becomes a formidable obstacle between the two lovers & wants to eliminate Mohit. - Sone Ki Lanka
And all of these peculiar incidents that possess great danger to the safety of the students are somehow related to the Chintamani, which, when in possession, the person attains a puissant and formidable power that allows him to control the world. - Moorim School
Kurt soon meets the masterminds behind his abduction and is told he needs to fight a new formidable foe named Mongkut, who is a beast of a man, standing at 6'8" and weighing in around 400 lbs of solid muscle. - Kickboxer: Retaliation
She is duly chastened and all ends happily, though not without a hint that Shirley has the potential to become as formidable a wife as her mother has been. - Sailor Beware! (play)
Siyaasat is a drama about the Mughal political battle for Akbars' throne entwined with the Salim- Mehrunissa love story, a couple who fought against all odds to become a formidable alliance which altered the course of Mughal politics and charted their path into Indian history. - Siyaasat
The Black Corsair has tracked Duke Van Guld down to Veracruz at last and has formed an alliance with Nicholas van Hoorn, Michel de Grammont and Laurens de Graaf three of the most formidable pirates in the Gulf, to finally bring his foe to justice. - The Queen of the Caribbean
David, who she initially thought of as arrogant, emerges as naive, hiding behind a formidable existence. - Uncanny (film)
His young brother Râmu (MGR), a police officer of a formidable efficiency, a big integrity and by which its reputation precedes him, is moved in the same region as Duraiswamy. - Mugaraasi
They are formidable opponents, but Felix kills von Halstadt in a duel, while Gotrek splits Boneripper's skull with his axe. - Skavenslayer
Arfoire manages to escape by manipulating the party and tracks down Croire, resulting in a formidable new alliance. - Megadimension Neptunia VII
Dudley Gibbons hopes therapy will force his formidable wife Sylvia to "move on" from his mindless affair with an 18-year-old employee. - On the Couch (2013 TV series)
Antonina and another former prostitute, Justinian's wife, the Empress Theodora, were two of the most formidable women of that or any age. - Antonina: A Byzantine Slut
Her brother Kitchitaro, who himself had fallen in love with Renko when she once visited Kōfu, rebels against his father and decides to leave town and join the Kempeitai, Japan's formidable military police force. - Hanako to Anne
Together, the Taranauts are a formidable team. - Taranauts
Oliver escapes his restraints and he reveals his formidable combat capability to his captors; killing them to protect his secret. - Pilot (Arrow)
Meanwhile, Tiger gets his brother, Bear, a formidable fighter, to help him deal with Iron Monkey. - Iron Monkey 2
He goes to Addison Cola Company where he maneuvers a meeting with a formidable marketing executive, Six, by triggering the fire alarm. - Syrup (film)
Later, infamous onmyoji Yakou Tsuchimikado performed a ritual known as the 'Taizan Fukun Ritual', which will eventually bring out Japan as a formidable force. - Tokyo Ravens
Through the events of the show's pilot, the monks learn that Willow is evil, and is apprentice to the formidable Heylin warlord Chase Young. - Xiaolin Chronicles
He is sent to familiar places, battling hordes of demon spawn, again defeating the formidable Necrogiant, Alastor, and Swamp Thing. - Painkiller: Hell & Damnation
They both keep crossing paths at various junctures as the story progresses and eventually become a formidable team ready to take on the system. - Ajj De Ranjhe
Being formidable fighter himself, Donaka has the upper hand, but Tiger re-embraces his Tai Chi training and holds his own. - Man of Tai Chi
Born in the early 1960s of Scottish and Catalan heritage (his mother is Scottish and his father Spanish), Xavi is raised in Edinburgh by his father Josip (Joe), and Joe's formidable mother, Paloma Puig, who were forced to leave Catalonia when Spain was gripped by the Civil War that saw General Franco's Fascists emerge as the ruling force. - The Loner (novel)
Wessex has employed scientists Terra Wade (Yvonne Strahovski) and Carl Avery (Nicholas Bell) to conduct experiments with reanimated corpses, and sends a group of demons led by his most formidable warrior, Zuriel (Socratis Otto), to attack the gargoyles' cathedral and capture Adam so he can unlock the secret to giving life. - I, Frankenstein
During a terrorist nuclear attack, Hyun-jun and Sa-woo are pitted against each other and faced with a final decision, while Seung-hee's formidable secret is revealed. - Iris the Movie
In the end Anand and Archana are accepted as a couple by Anand’s parents, Mahesh and Madhavi get back together and Raju and Rani form a formidable team and get their own TV show. - Nuvvila
Barrabus is mostly successful except against Jestry whose new armor proves to be more formidable than even his own weapons. - Neverwinter (novel)
Andy tries to develop a relationship with an attractive, sexually formidable administrator, Yael Hoffman, at his rabbinical school, but this falls apart once he tells her he is planning to drop out, due to an incident at the grow house where a dog bites off two of his toes; he thinks this will invalidate his military obligation. - Weeds (season 2)
She also shares information about the formidable defenses of the facility. - Borderlands 2
In 1936, a fight in New York City with the formidable Joe Louis (Yoan Pablo Hernández) is arranged despite the opposition of the Nazi head of sport who fears he might lose, because Adolf Hitler wants it to go ahead. - Max Schmeling (film)
The Mountain is a formidable opponent, but Loras cleverly defeats him in the joust by riding a mare in heat, distracting Clegane's stallion. - The Wolf and the Lion
During the ETO meeting in an abandoned warehouse, in which Ye Wenjie appears as the spiritual leader, Wang Miao is shocked by the anti-humanity stances portrayed by its members, its display as a formidable fighting force with capable weapons of destruction (courtesy of funding from Mike Evans), as well as the infighting between the Adventist and Redemptionist factions within the organization. - The Three-Body Problem
Perhaps in reflecting on these formidable events, a new light will be shed on the ominous circumstances in her life, and within the community of Kitamaat. - Monkey Beach
Though a most formidable fighter when aroused, Bark is not particularly bloodthirsty or aggressive. - Brak the Barbarian
Mark and Kareen's problem is solved after Miles advises Mark to utilize a most effective weapon: their formidable mother Cordelia. - A Civil Campaign
However, Xu becomes suspicious because he does not believe Liu could accidentally defeat such a formidable bandit. - Dragon (2011 film)
Clemens, however, proves to be a formidable adversary and bests Ike in hand-to-hand combat, inadvertently aided by the sniper Beckwith, who remained undetected by the Hadals and mistook Ike for a bad guy and assumed Clemens was a good guy, shooting Ike's hand. - Deeper (Long novel)
Several years later, the boys have grown up to become formidable swordsmen. - Legend of the White Hair Brides
Using his robotic strength and human intelligence, and of course the help of a lab monkey (Seenu), US 47 proves to be a formidable enemy to Surendra over Manisha. - Hollywood (2002 film)
In return, Men-Hari, a member of the Magi, the ancient Chaldean race of wise men, will also be allowed to enter the sacred flame and become immortal, which will expand his already formidable mental powers to the point where he will be able to take over the entire world. - The Vengeance of She
She is known only as 'The Proud' but despite this formidable title, she treats Ipomadon kindly and soon falls in love with him. - Ipomadon
Greer, one of the Texan soldiers traveling with them, comments that she would be a formidable soldier - suggesting that Lish has become the first true "super soldier" that the government was trying to develop 93 years ago. - The Passage (Cronin novel)
VASCO, a once formidable business empire, tumbles down like a pack of cards. - Abkari
enniless Willoughby "Bill" Finch is set to marry Long Island society gal Molly Farringdon, although he has not charmed his formidable future mother-in-law. - Oh, Lady! Lady!!
He is also a man whose public reputation, despite his formidable intellect and observant eye, is one of unmitigated wickedness. - The Head of the House of Coombe
They win each of these qualifying round games, and then come up against the formidable Honeybaked team from Michigan in the playoffs. - In the Crease
Fearing for his family's lives because the Japanese have declared anyone found helping Tweed will be executed, Antonio hides Tweed at the top of a large formidable rock face with a cave at the top. - No Man Is an Island (film)
At the request of Togame, Shichika sets out on a journey across Edo-era Japan to locate the Deviant Blades, all wielded by formidable opponents. - Katanagatari
Skade is a formidable fighter in her own right, and leads one of Harald's war parties. - The Burning Land
Ravi Varma convinces Jerry to plan a formidable heist. - Gulumaal: The Escape
In the offices of Millennium magazine, Paolo explains he tracked down Niedermann and learned that he has congenital analgesia which makes him doubly formidable because he cannot feel pain. - The Girl Who Played with Fire (film)
His two loyal servants, Lofotan and Artyrith, both formidable warriors, and Mathi, and Treskan unsure where their loyalties lie. - The Forest King
The winner will be trained in the Two Heavens—the formidable sword technique of the great samurai, Masamoto. - Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword
After trapping both beneath a rockslide, they discover that Tajun had been raided by the combined efforts of the Bone Hunters and the formidable Skrall army (even though both are rival tribes). - Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
The episode begins as Chuck is being dangled out an open window by a formidable mercenary named mr Colt after attempting to recover a stolen piece of the Intersect called the Cipher. - Chuck Versus the First Date
Assuming the role of the villain, Mike realizes he must face off against a formidable opponent in the story, its protagonist named Tom Bristol. - Typewriter in the Sky
Midway in his career, a situation arises in which Stoner is forced to offend a formidable colleague, Professor Hollis Lomax. - Stoner (novel)
One of Professor Unrat's most formidable adversaries is the 17-year-old Lohmann, whose quick-thinking allows him to escape punishment and enrage his teacher. - Professor Unrat
His wife Nellie (Anne Meara) runs into endless friction with Clark’s formidable mother (Alice Ghostley), who lives with them. - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977 TV special)
They meet a formidable swordsman named Yue Mingke, who is serving as a military attaché under General Xiong Tingbi. - Baifa Monü Zhuan
The woman proves to be a formidable foe when she realizes Henry may renege on their deal. - Sweet Revenge (1998 film)
After retirement, Rajen-babu has developed an interest in antiques, and has built quite a formidable collection in a span of a few months. - Feludar Goendagiri
However, there is a formidable obstacle - her grandfather Jerome Cedric (C. - No More Orchids
Rolex proved to be a formidable opponent, but Bruce prevails in the end. - The Legend of Bruce Lee
The climax of the game finds Alfalfa attempting a sixty-yard touchdown, despite the formidable opposition of his lifelong rival Butch. - Football Romeo
As a result, every clan has a formidable host of the Sungalis at its disposal. - Santa Esperanza
They think they have the record in the bag until the competition—none other than Stanley—proves to be a formidable paddle ball opponent. - That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana
But after becoming an integral part of the MacCarthy family, getting a formidable secular and religious education (the family being devout Roman Catholics), even becoming the godfather of Kitty's newborn daughter Jenny and saving her life from a wolf who dug its way into the house during the family's absence, Lit'l Fellow again sees his hopes of a good life reduced to naught when, after a year of natural disasters and poor harvest, the family is left with no money to pay the rent and is evicted from the farm by the landowners. - Foundling Mick
In the ensuing battle Brakkesh proves himself a formidable opponent and Simon almost inadvertently sets fire to all of Venice. - The Saint of Dragons
Hoping to put their proposal to the formidable Lady Randall, ex-music hall star Lily Morris, they infiltrate her house in the guise of a servant (Murdoch) and cook (Askey - in drag). - I Thank You (film)
Despite some formidable obstacles, he eventually wins her love. - Don't Go Near the Water (film)
Mma Potokwani, the formidable matron of the orphan farm, manoeuvres MrLB. - The Full Cupboard of Life
Visser One morphs a horrible eight headed alien creature, and the formidable Yeerk force can only be driven back when the water from the dam is released down the valley. - The Resistance (Applegate novel)
Following a sky-battle between the Galerider, Wind Jackal's ship, and the Great Sky Whale, a formidable slave ship, Quint is given his sky pirate name, but swears never to say it or use it until he commands his own sky-ship. - The Lost Barkscrolls
A bewildered Barratt allows himself to be taken to De Gué's chateau, where he meets "his" family: daughter Marie-Noel, wife Françoise (Irene Worth), sister Blanche (Pamela Brown) and formidable mother, the Countess (Bette Davis). - The Scapegoat (1959 film)
He soon becomes one companion of a formidable Englishwoman, "painted, blasphemous, gun-toting Mrs Jones". - Tulku (novel)
Despite their differences and personal conflicts, the two make a surprisingly formidable crime-fighting duo, and slowly realize that they have a lot to learn from each other. - H.I.T (TV series)
He is proven to be a formidable candidate, and both the Republicans and the Democrats support Ralph for president. - E Pluribus Wiggum
In 1970, Emma Harte is a wealthy, formidable businesswoman. - A Woman of Substance (miniseries)
Juana earns the respect of Rafael's formidable mother, Angustias, through her spirit and grace at flamenco, but her father Rosendo, an old beau of Rafael's mother, remains obstinate, despite the pleas of Juana, Rafael and Angustias. - Los Tarantos
They deduce she is a formidable woman who knows Holmes's methods thoroughly and has infiltrated some of his secure boltholes in London. - The Beekeeper's Apprentice
She contacts Laura's formidable father and learns that Laura left for New York City many years before. - Journey to a Woman
During these events, he also meets a dazed amnesiac (Liu Chia Hui) he proves himself to be a formidable fighter shortly afterwards and helps his new friend out in a few close escapes from the antagonists. - He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
At that point in the tale, according to the narrator, a formidable woman stormed into the White Hart pub and extracted Harry, who addressed her as "Ermintrude". - The Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch
Despite formidable pressure from the Department of Water and Power, Jenny refuses to accept the offer made for her shop and decides to test her luck against the DWP in the local courthouse. - The Salon (film)
Yun Fei Yang is the viciously bullied orphan who takes on the unpleasant tasks at a formidable kung-fu school. - Bastard Swordsman
Now a young man, Shaolung (Tien Peng) gradually develops into a formidable fighter and concentrates his sights on leaving Shaolin to avenge his father's death. - 18 Bronzemen
Jack has always had a formidable reputation, and he’s surprised that his sister seems comfortable in his presence. - Conspiracy Game
Eddie finds Nola a formidable adversary to the end, as the novel comes to its explosive conclusion. - Built for Trouble
He joins Stanton's inner circle of political advisers: Stanton's formidable wife, Susan Stanton (Emma Thompson); ruthless, redneck political strategist Richard Jemmons (Billy Bob Thornton); intelligent and attractive spokeswoman Daisy Green (Maura Tierney); and sly political operator Howard Ferguson (Paul Guilfoyle) as they journey to New Hampshire, the first state to hold a presidential primary. - Primary Colors (film)
Their fiercenss was detailed: "These animals are much dreaded by the Indians, and with reason, for they are indeed formidable creatures, possessing prodigious strength, with untamable ferocity, and the most wonderful tenacity of life". - The Journal of Julius Rodman
But two formidable fortresses stand in the way. - Sharpe's Company (TV programme)
He then uses his formidable makeup skills to commit a spectacular crime while disguised like Fandor. - Fantômas (1964 film)
Of course, it is the redoubtable Reacher who has the main role - with some help from the kidnapped Holly Johnson, herself a formidable fighter who - unlike the classical Damsel in Distress - takes a prominent part in her own rescue. - Die Trying (novel)
When he learns of her past and that she is alone he brings her back to his home town, where he is a Dissenting minister, to stay with him and his formidable but kind sister Faith. - Ruth (novel)
Concurrent with their pet projects, the formidable Dreeson and Simpson women are accompanied by a trade delegation with the strategic goal of restoring the iron production of the Upper Palatinate to feed the war needs of the USE. - 1634: The Bavarian Crisis
With a wealthy best friend and a newly acquired doctor pal who is not susceptible to her formidable allure, she sets out to right wrongs but is abducted by Nostro, a tacky 500-year-old vampire who rules the undead roost. - Undead and Unwed
Army repeating rifle from some Apaches he has killed; as the Apache have proven formidable with lesser weaponry, there is cause for concern should they become equipped with such superior firepower. - Rio Conchos (film)
The story expands to include a formidable nanotechnology, a sentient and telepathic moss that can overwhelm a human being, and members of a mysterious species who are never seen outside their personal robot craft. - Hunted (Gardner novel)
As a bolt hole she moves in next door to her new-found doggie friend, Guy (Dominic Rowan) and his formidable mother, dog show judge and Rottweiler breeder, Mrs Jessop (Diana Quick). - Catwalk Dogs
The Federation starship Voyager discovers an injured Hirogen who is in the middle of an intense hunt for what is a formidable and dangerous prey even for Hirogen standards. - Prey (Star Trek: Voyager)
Ungast, along with Princess Neffu (Keeah's evil opposite) and Lord Sparr, returned to his younger, evil self, form Gethwing's formidable "Crown of Wizards"; it is not until Special Edition #7, ‘‘The Genie King’’, that Eric becomes himself again another thing revealed in the book is that Gethwing is immortal. - The Secrets of Droon
Falco also gets to meet Aulus' mentor, a formidable lawyer named Minas who offers his aid in capturing the killer - by hosting a party for the Seven Sights tour party, now freed and in Athens too after the operators Phineus and Polystratus managed to threaten the Corinth government with legal action advised by Minas. - See Delphi and Die
Outside the city, Lee, Longstreet and Jackson have prepared an elaborate defense on Marye's Heights outside the town, and the movie focuses on Confederate defenses behind a formidable stone wall. - Gods and Generals (film)
Another subplot involves Jemima Stanbury, the capricious, formidable spinster aunt of Hugh. - He Knew He Was Right
Once cutting a formidable figure as a virile and courageous freedom fighter crusading for a united and independent Bengal to drive away the British, Shibnath now stands in stark contrast: a fragile, fragmented shell of his former self as he awkwardly hobbles along an unpaved road through the countryside, stopping frequently along the way to relieve himself in the woods, unable to control even his own bodily functions (undoubtedly the autonomic legacy resulting from years of physical torture and inhumane treatment that he sustained while in police custody). - Tahader Katha
When the brothers are ambushed, the two brothers are formidable and beat down the thugs and the main stooge. - Duel of Fists
In tracking down his beloved horse "Waverley" he happens upon the formidable Featherstone, (A renowned horse thief) who Will beats at a game of chance which amounts to a large sum of money. - Thirteen Moons
After traveling for some while, the outlaws seek shelter at a monastery, which is home to Karnac the boar, a formidable monk and a sadistic mercenary, who sells weasel skins to the stoats in the form of drums. - Thunder Oak
These formidable guardians are joined early on in the storyline by former police officer Seras Victoria, whom Alucard turned into a vampire. - Hellsing
Uhura recognizes Curate Prime as Gary Mitchell, a friend of James Kirk, who had been granted formidable mental power after passing through the galactic barrier forty years earlier. - Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
Adelheid (called Heidi) is five years old when her aunt Dette, who has raised Heidi since her parents' death four years earlier, takes Heidi to live with her formidable grandfather on the Swiss Alps. - Heidi, Girl of the Alps
In 2603 Earth's collective military, known as the United Space Corps, mobilized a formidable fleet of attack cruisers in answer to the growing Breed threat, putting their very best and brightest at the helm. - Breed (video game)
Although Tamír is Queen, exercising real power, she cannot be formally crowned without the Sword of Gherilain, which is the Badge of Office of a Skalan Monarch (as well as being a formidable weapon, still sharp after centuries, and effectively used by Queens and Kings in battle). - Hidden Warrior
The killer is Achimas Welde, a formidable hired assassin, who has only failed three times in his career. - The Death of Achilles
He had heard a speech in Parliament from Charles Lamancha, a formidable orator. - The Island of Sheep
She gets to know the staff- the formidable Madame Concierge, the drunken Cook, the sex-starved Porter- and to meet the mysterious Patron. - The Girl at the Lion d'Or
This traditional English boarding house is owned and run by the formidable Miss Wilbraham. - East of Ipswich
Avon reminds Marlo that he is still a man of formidable reputation and is considered an authority figure in the prison. - Marlo Stanfield
Snyol's formidable reputation proves at various times both a boon and a hindrance to their mission. - The Hand of Zei
At his trial on 17 December 1678, no evidence of treason against Pickering except Oates's mere word was produced, and Pickering's housekeeper, the formidable Ellen Rigby, later testified that Oates had only seen Pickering once in his life, when he had been begging for alms at the Benedictine's house in the summer of 1678, and that he had a personal grudge against Pickering, who, despite his habitual charity and good temper, told her "never to let that man come in again". - Thomas Pickering (martyr)
In the end, Ravenscroft finds the Fountain and, after drinking its water, is turned into a young man, becoming a far more formidable opponent for Yank. - Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines
They see Section 31 as a formidable agency for their effectiveness and ability to remain secret. - Inquisition (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Mulang spends 18 years training under Reverend Huiming's tutelage and he becomes a formidable swordsman. - Qijian Xia Tianshan
The outlaws also note that if they succeed in recruiting Lu Junyi, they will also win over Lu's servant, Yan Qing, who is also a formidable martial artist. - The Water Margin (film)
Ex-NYPD cop, now Task Force contract agent John Corey - together with his formidable and beautiful new partner, Kate Mayfield - will follow a trail of smoke and blood across the country. - The Lion's Game
He also confronts a childhood fear by finally riding a formidable roller coaster. - My Life (film)
But the Trident, who is a formidable man, threatens Adamsberg with commanding the death of his child and the latter's mother, if he does not endorse this last Canadian murder and commit suicide. - Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand
But they're up against the most formidable opponents they've ever crossed swords with. - A Taste for Death (O'Donnell novel)
Ollie, who has been married for a year to the formidable mrs Hardy (Minna Gombell), sees him in a newspaper and visits him in the veterans' home. - Block-Heads
However, formidable monsters are lurking along their path. - Arabian Magic
The unit resents Chauhan's attitude, but this same attitude moulds them into a formidable unit. - Prahaar: The Final Attack
The heroes then encounter their most formidable enemy, General Liang plus two other bad guys, and a climactic fight sequence follows. - Dirty Ho
Fortunately for Falco, his formidable niece Augustinilla managed to track down Civilis in Augusta Treverorum, and Falco goes to meet him, only to discover that Civilis is now an aged and broken man. - The Iron Hand of Mars
Feeling sympathy for Dudley, Darling decides to put him through a very harsh training regimen to make him a more formidable opponent and take back Semi-Valley from Snidely. - Dudley Do-Right (film)
Sick and tired of war, Harinxma returns to London and confronts the formidable aging patriarch of the Kwel Company. - The Captain (novel)
Jean-Claude is astounded that Seraphina has somehow become powerful enough to assert mastery over vampires as formidable as Janos. - Bloody Bones (novel)
After the destruction of Elbryan’s home town he is taken in by the Touel’alfar and to their home Andur’Blough Inninnes (The Forest of Cloud) and teaches him to not just train his body, but also his mind in the ways of philosophy to become a formidable ranger. - The Demon Awakens
He is also faced with the formidable task of treating Michael, who resists therapy and who faces imminent institutionalization because of his violent behavior. - The Promise (Potok novel)
Although initially, each nations Self-Defense forces valiantly stood their ground against the most formidable adversaries, they eventually proved to be no match for the sheer power and size of the enemy. - Aerial Assault
The government army is well funded and equipped with modern weaponry, including firearms and cannons, making them formidable opponents for the former samurai lords. - Way of the Samurai
This time, the UAV proves a much more formidable threat, and not even Ray can destroy it. - Deal of the Century
Without Einstein, calls to use the USSR's formidable nuclear weapon arsenal are met with blank stares, as the atom bomb has apparently never been developed in this new timeline. - Command & Conquer: Red Alert (series)
Taking advantage of the assassin's blindness by using bamboo poles as a lure, each time the blind assassin throws his weapon, it becomes snagged on one of the bamboo poles effectively removing the inner blades of the assassin's deadly weapon; however as it still contains a jagged outer edge it is still a formidable weapon. - Master of the Flying Guillotine
He began learning the skills that would lead him to become one of the most formidable swordsmen in both the Underdark, and Faerûn. - Homeland (Forgotten Realms novel)
When the first men are killed, the unit retaliates with its formidable arsenal. - Samurai Commando: Mission 1549
After Minkey exhibited formidable martial arts skills against KGB agents, Mike requested him as a partner. - Spymate
Guardian not only proved it was capable of deciphering the Vasteel's complex systems through reverse engineering, but also in implementing and advancing the technology which had made the Rynex so formidable as a starfighter. - Thunder Force V
Though known and feared throughout the continent, people couldn't do much to defend themselves as their Zoids were no match against the formidable armor of the Bio-Zoids and they couldn't survive without having a generator; people either surrendered or were destroyed. - Zoids: Genesis
They are accompanied by Nadhari Kando, Mr Li's formidable bodyguard. - Acorna: The Unicorn Girl
Mr Memory has used his formidable memory to memorise the Boomerang plans. - The 39 Steps (1959 film)
Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable), the ship's lieutenant, is a formidable yet compassionate man who disapproves of Bligh's treatment of the crew. - Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
An all-out assault of the rebels on the Colossus is foiled by its formidable arsenal, which forces them to retreat into the city. - The Colossus of Rhodes (film)
As part of this effort, Charlie befriends maverick CIA operative Gust Avrakotos and his understaffed Afghanistan group to find a better strategy, especially including a means to counter the Soviets' formidable Mi-24 helicopter gunship. - Charlie Wilson's War
Suddenly, disaster strikes when the outlaw Princess Kale, a hateful and power-hungry sister of Anya, gets hold of the formidable magic of the Dark Stone and uses it to overpower Merlin, sending him into the perilous dimension of Wild Magic. - Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders
Juet-mou-san (Lord Godless), a formidable Japanese warrior, brings his family and followers to China to cause trouble and becomes a menace to the Chinese jianghu. - Fung Wan
Dongfang Bubai had castrated himself in order to master the skills in the Sunflower Manual, and his appearance has become more feminine, even though he is now a formidable martial artist. - Swordsman II
At the pageant's registration, Lisa meets a formidable competitor named Amber Dempsey, a blonde girl who cheated by using eyelash implants from Paraguay to make her look cuter. - Lisa the Beauty Queen
Uneventful the voyage is not, for the Calliope is captured by a formidable French warship, the Revenant. - Sharpe's Trafalgar
Although still a formidable opponent for any criminal, he will not storm into action but choose his moments more carefully. - Vendetta for the Saint
Hearing that Monty is on his way, and on jealous nature, Sue heads to London, dines with Bodkin and warns him to be distant; on the train back, they both encounter Ronnie's formidable mother and claim not to know each other. - Heavy Weather (Wodehouse novel)
Po becomes a formidable challenge for Tai Lung as he guards the Dragon Scroll, with an unorthodox fighting style that confuses and frustrates his opponent. - Kung Fu Panda
Mo Wanwan has many siblings: second sister, the deceptively skinny Mo Lingling, possesses a formidable kick when she's provoked. - Holland V (TV series)
Drizzt turned the young man into a formidable warrior. - The Crystal Shard
Modesty and Willie gain access to the chateaux via a deep cave, but on entering into the basement they are captured by the formidable mr Sexton, who prides himself on being the world's greatest unarmed combat man. - The Silver Mistress
The adventure takes players through a futuristic Hong Kong, the formidable walled city of Xi'an, the lost tomb of the first emperor of China, and, finally, into the mountain island of the immortals, Penglai Shan. - Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix
Rank after rank, the player again confronts a formidable opponent, Team Ogre, and its architect, Diablo. - Armored Core: Formula Front
Accompanying Tweed is a formidable bodyguard and Lilo's own clone, fresh out of the growth tank with a full set of Lilo's memories. - The Ophiuchi Hotline
Back in the UK, a group of scientists led by dr Smiles and the formidable Miss Brunner (who consumes her lovers) try to persuade Cornelius to locate the microfilm containing his father's Final Programme. - The Final Programme (film)
Dame Isabel Grayce (one of a long line of formidable society matrons in Vance’s works) has sponsored the entertainments; when the Ninth Company disappears without a trace, she proposes to recoup her losses and bring culture to the wastes of space by forming an opera company which Adolph Gondar (the discoverer of Rlaru) will pilot on a tour of suitable planets, with Rlaru as ultimate destination. - Space Opera (novel)
Kira had hoped to see Vedek Bareil become the spiritual leader of Bajor, but he is running against a formidable opponent: Vedek Winn. - The Collaborator (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Michael Connolly is a 24-year-old with cerebral palsy who is a long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled run by the formidable Eileen. - Inside I'm Dancing
Hedgerows around the hill and hidden Flak 88 batteries provide a formidable defensive position against the Allies, but Able Company breaks through by employing bulldozer-equipped Crocodile Sherman tanks to plow through the hedgerows and flank the Germans. - Company of Heroes
With the sorcerer's black magic at his command, Cromwell easily lays waste to Richard's formidable army. - The Sword and the Sorcerer
The formidable headmistress tells Poirot of the advantages of her school being close to the music and culture of Paris. - The Labours of Hercules
They start exploring the relatively undamaged sections of the base, and encounter The Amalgaman, a formidable T'srri combat team. - Weapon Zero
The Damon family home, a huge and formidable mansion, plays host to a multitude of characters. - Scandal at High Chimneys
The first part of the novel describes Negri's assault on the planet, in which he begins the attack in a heavily armed and armored space capsule, which is gradually reduced by the formidable defenses to a ground-attack vehicle, which in turn is slowly degraded until Negri abandons it to continue on foot with hand-held weapons, eventually left only with a stiletto. - Today We Choose Faces
Majeh is tasked to arrest these formidable enemies to which He refuses. - King of Hell (comics)
Even the members with formidable powers have shortcomings that prevented a transition for the team as a whole. - The Specials (film)
His formidable opponent is Lena Foster (Lee Grant). - Defending Your Life
With the help of the formidable fighters Conan and Valeria the Tecuhltli win the grim battle, and the Xotalanc are all killed. - Red Nails
Others create a precise replica of the vault with which to practice maneuvering through its formidable security systems. - Ocean's Eleven
Street proves a formidable opponent. - Hard Times (1975 film)
She agrees to his hastily scheduled wedding (held during an underwater concert) and quickly proves to be more than a match for Serge's formidable libido. - Torpedo Juice (novel)
Sei's motivation to protect Okita becomes a powerful force during the Ikedaya Affair, when she turns into a formidable warrior after Okita is downed in battle. - Kaze Hikaru
Picard and his staff prove themselves formidable fighters and win. - Qpid
The Skybolts are a formidable company under Kerowyn, and they win a decisive battle for Rethwellen against Karse. - By the Sword (novel)
Alleyne meets up again with Aylward and Hordle John, and the three friends meet Sir Nigel and his formidable wife Mary. - The White Company
Voltes V is a robot composed of five "Volt Machines", and each are themselves formidable weapons. - Chōdenji Machine Voltes V
After ending up in an isolated valley by chance, Zhang Wuji discovers the long-lost Nine Yang Manual, masters the inner energy skills described in the book, and becomes a formidable martial artist. - The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber
Already war-weary, the forces of Queen Catherine are no match for the formidable Kreegan army. - Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade
As Jaller prepares to go after the mask, Vezon reemerges, with his steed evolved into an even more formidable dragon called Kardas. - Bionicle Legends
The Killers, when they are discovered, have formidable philosophical defenses in addition to their vast technological resources. - Anvil of Stars
In this story Druss is in his sixties and much weaker than his prime but still a formidable warrior and an inspirational leader to the Drenai. - Legend (Gemmell novel)
Asher grows up to be a formidable artist as an apprentice of Jacob Kahn, and even his father cannot help but be proud of his son's success. - My Name Is Asher Lev
He encounters Feng Qingyang, an elderly Mount Hua Sect swordsman, who teaches him the formidable skill "Nine Swords of Dugu". - The Smiling, Proud Wanderer
Yogo has already killed a formidable samurai that was sent to kill him. - The Twilight Samurai
Walter is suspicious and later returns; he fends off an attack by Joshua but is killed by the more formidable machine Proteus built in the basement. - Demon Seed
But Magdalena's brothel is run by Eduardo, a formidable adversary also in love with the young girl. - Cities of the Plain (novel)
After a violent encounter with a bartender which establishes the kid as a formidable fighter, he joins a party of ill-armed United States Army irregulars, led by a Captain White, on a filibustering mission to claim Mexican land for the United States. - Blood Meridian
Braddock stuns the boxing experts and fans with a third-round knockout of his formidable opponent. - Cinderella Man
Bill Wallace also has an extra scene outside the ice warehouse against Lee Hoi-san in which it sets him up as a formidable opponent against Jackie Chan later on in the warehouse. - The Protector (1985 film)
Tied to vines and swung like oversized bolas, they make formidable incendiary weapons. - Mariel of Redwall
Travis is alarmed that the Alamo's small force cannot withstand the Mexican Army which is rumored to have thousands of foot soldiers, plus the formidable Mexican cavalry. - The Alamo (2004 film)
Suddenly, the time-capsule cocoon explodes from a mountain and Rainbow Mothra emerges, this time as Armor Mothra, a formidable version with armour plating all over it. - Rebirth of Mothra III
He tried to kidnap one of her friends despite Chun Hyang's bold nature and formidable abilities, but there is little hope of freeing her village unless the amhaeng'eosa, a secret Korean government agent, arrives and catches the Ryanban in the act of abusing his powers. - Legend of Chun Hyang
While Yang Guo is wandering the jianghu alone, he meets several formidable martial artists and a giant condor, and improves his skills tremendously after learning from them. - The Return of the Condor Heroes
These two groups believe, respectively, that the puzzle will yield the design of a formidable weapon and the secret of an unlimited power source. - The Chase (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
After the initial battle in the United States, the Lee brothers embark on a worldwide journey to find the stones, which takes them to China, Japan and Italy, where they face numerous formidable fighters in each country. - Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
As a master spy, Gallatin has proved he can take on formidable foes---and kill them. - The Wolf's Hour
He uses the king's support to gather forces to defeat the formidable Imperial general Belisarius. - Lest Darkness Fall
With powerful armament, stealth technology that allows it to fly virtually undetected and other accoutrements such as infrared scanners, powerful microphones and cameras, and a U-Matic VCR, Blue Thunder appears to be a formidable tool in the war on crime. - Blue Thunder
If he is to rescue the mountain from the dark days of vermin rule, Brocktree must raise an army capable of combating Trunn's formidable Blue Hordes. - Lord Brocktree
As time passes, Moses and Addie become a formidable team. - Paper Moon (film)
Terry discovers the Joker to be a formidable opponent since he has extensive knowledge of Bruce's tactics as Batman. - Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
It was tortured into becoming vicious, trained to attack humans, and dressed in metal armor plating and spikes along with a large mask and metal implants in its jaw to make it more formidable and frightening. - Brotherhood of the Wolf
With the promise of a mutant-run planet, the X-Men's most formidable foes join forces with Magneto. - X-Men: Children of the Atom (video game)
With Bowen and Draco on their side, the villagers are organized into a formidable fighting force. - Dragonheart
They live near Rosings, the estate of the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and as Lady Catherine is Darcy's aunt, Elizabeth meets Darcy several times. - Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)
Ironically, for the sake of survival, he ends up mastering three powerful skills and becomes a formidable martial artist. - Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
Sopot uses the nanotechnology to enhance his already formidable military forces, and successfully creates the first supersoldiers with the research data. - Red Faction II
Armitage's charisma and his followers' strict, military-derived discipline makes the New Brotherhood Army into a formidable force. - Lucifer's Hammer
Nicholas and Smike join the acting company and are warmly received by the troupe, which includes Crummles's formidable wife, their daughter, "The Infant Phenomenon", and many other eccentric and melodramatic thespians. - Nicholas Nickleby
The professor has been plagued by intrusive reporters and, being a formidable man of great strength, has taken to forcibly ejecting them, despite the resulting police prosecutions. - The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel)
The Ewoks put up a valiant effort, and are nearly beaten by the time Noa powers up the ship and uses its formidable laser cannons to fend off the Marauders. - Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
As time passes, Yamamoto and his new gang emerge as a formidable force, gradually expanding their turf to such an extent that they confront the powerful Italian Mafia. - Brother (2000 film)
To become able to withstand the perils, the warrior gets the ability to collect three spirit balls on each level, the last of which transforms him into a human/beast hybrid of formidable power. - Altered Beast
Afterward, the heroes must travel to China, Japan and Italy, where each of the stones are being guarded by formidable fighters unique to each country (such as swordsmen in Japan and archers in Italy) who will refuse to give them up without a fight. - Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
Captain Planet is a formidable and valiant hero. - Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Even the "enemy" side is quickly brought from the level of incomprehensible faceless danger into viewing them as a formidable yet admirable opponent. - The Chanur novels
Ogami Ittō, formidable warrior and a master of the suiō-ryū swordsmanship, serves as the Kogi Kaishakunin (the Shōgun's executioner), a position of high power in the Tokugawa shogunate. - Lone Wolf and Cub
" However, they developed a strong relationship and became a formidable team. - Voyagers!
He's a formidable linguist in his own right and collaborated with Prof Ralph Elliott of the Australian National University in his research on 'Thursbitch'. - Thursbitch
Henry tries to make a home for his family (he seemed to be unaware of his daughter), but Kate Dawson (Georgia Simmons), the aging spinster who raised him after his parents died, remains a formidable presence in his life and tries to sabotage his efforts. - Baby the Rain Must Fall
Beverly proves to be extremely skilled and formidable in defending herself, systematically discrediting nearly every witness against her by; using trick questioning to incite Dottie to contempt of court by repeated obscenities, finding a transsexual-themed magazine in Detective Gracey's trash, invoking judging a person by what they choose to read proves nothing, badgering Rosemary into admitting she doesn't recycle, and fanning her legs repeatedly at pervert Marvin Pickles, whose over-arousal causes him to commit perjury. - Serial Mom
Mujo develops delusions of grandeur after becoming the de facto head of the Lost Ground government and absorbing the crystal entity from "the other side" to add to his already formidable Alter power. - S-CRY-ed
Thousands of workers are building the Uganda Railway, Africa's first railroad, and intense heat and sickness make it a formidable task. - Bwana Devil
At first, Ponceludon's provincial background makes him a target at parties and gatherings, even though he proves himself a formidable adversary in verbal sparring. - Ridicule
Corwin and Ganelon journey on and meet the Protector, who turns out to be Corwin's long-lost brother Benedict, the most formidable swordsman and military strategist in existence. - The Guns of Avalon
The Japanese, in turn, are torn over Blackthorne's presence (as he is an outsider and a leader of a disgracefully filthy and uncouth rabble), but also a formidable sailor and navigator with extensive knowledge of the world outside Japan. - Shōgun (novel)
Her thrusting personality, allied to her husband's impeccable social standing, riches and political influence makes her a formidable woman. - Love in a Cold Climate
John is tended to by mrs Mothershead, the formidable matron, as the other nurses are too frightened of Merrick. - The Elephant Man (film)
The hero Thundarr (voiced by Robert Ridgely), a muscular warrior, whose companions include Princess Ariel, a formidable young sorceress, and Ookla the Mok traveled the world on horseback, battling mostly evil wizards who combine magical spells with reanimating technologies from the pre-catastrophe world. - Thundarr the Barbarian
The only thing keeping the besiegers at bay is a formidable gun emplacement on the left rampart. - The Last of the Mohicans (1920 American film)
A formidable fighter by rabbit standards, Woundwort fearlessly stands his ground when the dog closes on him for the kill. - Watership Down
The protagonist, usually a formidable martial artist and intelligent problem-solver, embarks on a quest to solve a mystery such as a murder case. - Wuxia
But what the mayor does not know is that Dimsdale was a deputy under the famous lawman, Tom Destry, and is able to call upon the latter's equally formidable son, Tom Destry, Jr. - Destry Rides Again
Traumatized, Kyle develops dissociative identity disorder and, after having a mental breakdown and trashing her apartment, she fashions a black vinyl costume and whip, becoming the formidable Catwoman. - Batman Returns

Example sentences for "formidable" in interesting articles

York February 8, 2012 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Copy link How India is losing its footing on free expression. The world’s biggest democracy is a formidable power in the IT sector. - India’s Downward Spiral
Since 2005, domestic drug manufacturers have faced formidable barriers in the manufacture of patented drugs, and this has been remedied by the compulsory licensing provision to prevent patent holders from having a monopoly over certain essential medicines. - Indian Government uses special powers to slash cancer drug price by 97%
Because of the “worthlesse” Hunt, lamented Gorges, the would-be colonizer of Maine, “a warre [was] now new begunne between the inhabitants of those parts, and us.” Despite European guns, the Indians’ greater numbers, entrenched positions, knowledge of the terrain and superb archery made them formidable adversaries. - Native Intelligence: The Indians who feasted with the English colonists (2005)
The Google search suit is being handled by Susman Godfrey, which has taken on other sue-the-world patent cases, like Paul Allen's lawsuits against Facebook, Google, and others. The manufacturer suits, meanwhile, are being handled by McKool Smith, a formidable Texas law firm that has probably wrung more massive verdicts out of tech companies than any other firm. - Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned Rockstar sues Google
By now, the warriors against Ebola understand that they face a long struggle against a formidable enemy. - The Ebola Wars
Forced to drop out and already facing formidable student debt, Moore didn’t give up on his education. - Player stuck in an eternal Civ II war
It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment… The onset of despair is immediate, and it is a formidable foe.”Extreme realityPsychologists who study how people cope with isolation have learnt much from solo explorers and mountaineers. - How extreme isolation warps the mind
The 11% segment of alienated consumers proved to be a formidable force in shaping the public’s perception, an effect which Coke had observed but ignored in its focus groups. - How Coca-Cola won the war
I have a feeling that if someone wasn’t there for her, she wouldn’t be here right now.”Like Heather, Daniel has so far survived his own drone-war-induced mental health issues, but in his post-drone life he’s run into a formidable enemy: the U.S. - We’re not the “good guys”: American drone warfare is terrorizing the Middle East
It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment… The onset of despair is immediate, and it is a formidable foe.”Extreme realityPsychologists who study how people cope with isolation have learnt much from solo explorers and mountaineers. - How extreme isolation warps the mind
The Harvard psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: a history of violence and humanity (2011) has not only been an international bestseller – more than a thousand pages long and containing a formidable array of graphs and statistics, the book has established something akin to a contemporary orthodoxy. - John Gray: Steven Pinker is wrong about violence and war
Which makes Dyson something far more formidable than just the latest peevish right-wing climate-change denier. - The Global Warming Heretic - NYTimes On Freeman Dyson
They are chaotic, disorganized movements that lack any real formidable power. - I was trained for the culture wars in home school
Air Force staged a clear demonstration of its formidable capabilities, when an F-15 fighter jet launched a missile that took out a failing U.S. - War in Space May Be Closer Than Ever
They therefore plan to win by striking quickly, by surprise, while ROK forces are still mobilizing, US reinforcements are not yet in theatre, and while our airpower is largely committed to overcoming the DPRK integrated air defense system and targeting WMD storage sites, launchers, and command, control, and communications (C3) networks. Recognizing that ROK forces will be on some degree of heightened readiness during a crisis, the regime will use its formidable intelligence and special operations capability to obscure preparations for an attack and slow ROK responses. - Thunder Run to Seoul: Assessing North Korea’s War Plan
Together, they represent a formidable force that has relentlessly driven down the cost of solar electricity with remarkable consistency for more than 30 years. - A Solar Trade War Could Put Us All in the Dark
Since 2005, domestic drug manufacturers have faced formidable barriers in the manufacture of patented drugs, and this has been remedied by the compulsory licensing provision to prevent patent holders from having a monopoly over certain essential medicines. - Indian Government uses special powers to slash cancer drug price by 97%
They are chaotic, disorganized movements that lack any real formidable power. - I was trained for the culture wars in home school
My formidable powers of persuasion are failing me. - Stephen King – How did a misfit high school girl change the author's life?
But efforts to engage more boys in career and technical programs face a formidable challenge. - How to Make School Better for Boys
In the grand struggle to get subject matter off the page and into the head, the schools are suffering a spectacular and most disconcerting defeat. This, I am aware, is a formidable statement. - The Defeat of the Schools (1939)
Drunk locally, in 1896 it was described by Kew as one of the two species of coffee which could "prove a formidable rival of the Arabian coffee" - the other was Liberica. - Saving Arabica coffee

Meaning of "formidable" in English

inspiring fear
Examples
- a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic
- something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall
extremely impressive in strength or excellence
Examples
- the challenge was formidable
- had a formidable array of compositions to his credit
- the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal

Meaning of "formidable" in Hindi

विकट ( Vikat, wikat)
दुर्जेय ( Durjey, durzey)
दुर्जेय
भयानक ( Bhayanak)
डरावना ( Daravana, daraavanaa, darawana)
साहस तोडने वाला ( Sahas todane vala, sahas todane vaalaa, sahas todane wala)
दहला देने वाला ( Dahala dene vala, dahalaa dene vaalaa, dahala dene wala)

Synonyms of "formidable"

redoubtable
unnerving

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