formidable
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alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying
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And with Stefanie Dolson continuing to put in work, this Chicago lineup looks incredibly formidable, especially on the offensive end. — Kellen Becoats, SI.com, "Finding the Sky’s Limit: Just How Good Is Chicago as the Postseason Approaches?," 27 Aug. 2019 But his once-formidable lead has shrunk, and the question remains about how much of his advantage merely reflects name recognition for a man who has been in the public eye for more than four decades. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, "The promise and peril of Joe Biden’s front-runner campaign," 26 Aug. 2019 Thin chips, like regular Lay’s, just aren’t as interesting, and not formidable enough to hold their own against your sandwich. — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, "We tried 13 popular potato chip brands, and our top and bottom picks might just surprise you," 22 Aug. 2019 The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new antibiotic that, when combined with two existing antibiotics, can tackle the most formidable and deadly forms of tuberculosis. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "How a new antibiotic destroys extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis," 16 Aug. 2019 From official Twitter accounts tweeting for laughs to buying looks off an Instagram feed, the influence social media has over consumers is significant and formidable. — Kelly Wei, Dallas News, "When did açai bowls become all the rage, and where should you go in D-FW to find them? Curious Texas explores," 9 Aug. 2019 There’s also the fact that her arsenal boasts an already-formidable collection of irresistible pop tunes, which felt just perfect for a particularly warm and sunshine-filled Oslo day. — Amit Gurbaxani, Billboard, "Tame Impala Seize the Night at Norway's Oya Festival," 9 Aug. 2019 Against Thurman, though, Pacquiao doesn’t seem so formidable, and the experts—like the oddsmakers—are uncharacteristically skeptical of him. — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, "Manny Pacquiao Might Be Making a Terrible Mistake," 18 July 2019 There was nothing modest about this year's edition or about the ambitions of a Democratic slate fighting to unseat an unpopular but still-formidable incumbent in the White House. — Tyrone Beason, latimes.com, "Democrats angle for South Carolina voters at Rep. James Clyburn’s fish fry," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'formidable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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