fearsome

Example Sentences

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Only this time, that ice wasn’t in Madison Square Garden, but at a community rink in Stamford, Conn. The fearsome defenders across from him were all of 12 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Still, AI fears are making the Beast of Redmond, as Microsoft is sometimes called, look a little less fearsome.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Maisie says Celebrity Traitors winner Alan Carr was also a fearsome opponent.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

We’ve all marveled at Shohei Ohtani’s Superman quick change, how he’ll go from dynamite pitcher to fearsome hitter in a few bats of an eye.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

It was like I had resisted the spell of a fearsome enchantress — everyone else was under that spell and COULDN’T resist it, so they assumed I had some secret strength.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick