person to be reckoned with
Example Sentences
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A 21-year-old girl named Valerie Lauder is a person to be reckoned with in Chicago journalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
From all that is known of him during these years, it is clear that he made himself a person to be reckoned with by those at the centre of authority in the country.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Nancy was evidently a person to be reckoned with.
From Etheldreda the Ready A School Story by Horrell, Charles
But I tell you this Draper girl is a person to be reckoned with.
From Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Garrison, Adele
Unfortunately he was not the only person to be reckoned with.
From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel
