All 8 Uses of
formidable
in
Tender is the Night
- As a matter of fact she is inspiring and formidable—but it's a mutual thing, and the fact of The Divers together is more important to their friends than many of them realize.†
Chpt 1.10
- When, as at the ball of the Corps des Pages the night before, the surroundings seemed formidable to Rosemary, who had yet to attend a Mayfair party in Hollywood, Dick would bring the scene within range by greeting a few people, a sort of selection—the Divers seemed to have a large acquaintance, but it was always as if the person had not seen them for a long, long time, and was utterly bowled over, "Why, where do you keep yourselves?†
Chpt 1.12
- The contrast between the formidable manner and the mild profession was absurd—but the man amended it with: "Don't worry; I made plenty money last year—ten or twenty francs for a Sunny Times that cost six.†
Chpt 1.21
- She was both formidable and vulnerable,
Chpt 2.8 *formidable = intimidating or impressive
- Gausse's Hotel was closed for repairs and enlargement and the scaffolding of the summer Casino at Juan les Pins grew larger and more formidable.†
Chpt 2.12
- Dick picked out the two sisters easily across the delicately haunted, soft-swaying room—they were poster-like, formidable in their snow costumes, Nicole's of cerulean blue, Baby's of brick red.†
Chpt 2.13
- The marble souvenirs of old sieges, marriages, anniversaries, faded quickly when the sun was down, and he had erbsen-suppe with würstchen cut up in it, drank four helles of Pilsener and refused a formidable dessert known as "kaiser-schmarren."†
Chpt 2.18
- Glancing at her again Nicole found herself impressed, neither with the character nor the personality, but with the sheer strength derived from an attitude; Nicole thought that she was formidable, and she was confirmed in this point of view as the party rose from table.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(formidable) intimidating or impressive -- arousing fear or admiration due to impressiveness or challenge