formidable opponent
worthy opponent

He turned out to be a more formidable opponent than I had expected.

Of course there were some who did not make such formidable opponents.

But even after doing so, she is still a very formidable opponent.

Green was a formidable opponent, and she put up a struggle.

So why does he still strike me as a less than formidable opponent?

He had a formidable opponent who was nothing if not a man of principle.

She had no vision of money as an independent power, or a formidable opponent.

This one looked like he would be a formidable opponent if crossed.

Last year, against a less formidable opponent, he won comfortably.

The look in Mary's clear, cold green eyes told her that she had met a formidable opponent.

Even one of the smaller types would be a formidable opponent!

"I think it makes us a more formidable opponent because we do have big guys," Scott said.

But that formidable opponent had not even appeared during the conflict.

While he is a formidable opponent, there are others to match his style.

She would, however, become the most formidable opponent of reform as her political influence increased.

He was still recognized as a formidable opponent of the empire.

A formidable opponent, the woman who wore part of his soul in her hair.

"With such a formidable opponent, then, the queen never had a chance."

She had no doubt that anyone who tried to harm her would find him a formidable opponent.

The ships would be formidable opponents for vessels of their own class.

We must show ourselves to be formidable opponents, unwilling to give up.

Even my father, who is a formidable opponent, was rather."

In Greece, time is a formidable opponent, both forward and backward.

Newman was a formidable opponent, but he never argued to kill.

We're going on the road playing a formidable opponent.

He has not yet had a worthy opponent on the show.

It seemed she might make a worthy opponent after all.

But now it comes to the end, my worthy opponent.

Perhaps she will be a more worthy opponent than I expected.

If Bill's team won, they did so against a worthy opponent.

As each set eyes on the other, both knew they had finally met a worthy opponent.

"I think next season most people will look at us as a worthy opponent," he said.

"You have been a worthy opponent and friend," he said.

To be a great champion, one must beat worthy opponents.

"They did not think I was a worthy opponent either.

In my opinion, all Hollywood wants is a worthy opponent.

You could have presented her as a more challenging and worthy opponent.

Going back to the Cretaceous, they'll still have worthy opponents.

Lake trout have been known to live for well over 20 years, so the big ones can make a worthy opponent.

Like us, they see him as a worthy opponent.

Once set up, with a worthy opponent sitting across from you, this is a game that will eat your free time like none other.

Equally difficult is fielding a worthy opponent for the Americans.

Her character will be, she said, "the first worthy opponent Murphy has had."

When the best heavyweights of the past lost, it usually was to worthy opponents.

All I can say is that so far, she has throughout the discussions shown herself to be a worthy opponent.

"You would be a worthy opponent if you learned the game."

He likes battling and will do anything to fight a worthy opponent.

I was flattered, and hoped I'd be a worthy opponent.

"Together, you would have made me a worthy opponent."

Soon you may have a worthy opponent and I will show you then the first movement of power.