The Tower was in reality a castle, an ancient, formidable pile of heavy stone and black iron, which had itself served as the citadel in an earlier, ruder century.

And I would also like to add yet another 'reason' to the already formidable pile, which is that Stavrogin intends a 'challenge to society'.

Hastening away from the shadows of the formidable pile I made for the first crossroad, intending to strike the central turnpike as quickly as possible.

James Bond glanced down at the still formidable pile of counters between his curved, relaxed arms.

The formidable pile of stores on the pier was quickly demolished by a waiting crowd of willing helpers.

Instead of tropical rum drinks, an open-air tiki-style poolside bar offered formidable piles of bird droppings.

How this formidable pile of information will be interpreted by the courts - if Motley's case ever gets that far - remains to be seen.

It was a formidable pile, frowning down from an elevation.

All the places he had taken her to had been quoted around $10,000: evidently it hadn't occurred to him she could possibly be interested in this formidable pile.

She has gone at the formidable pile of branches in her yard with rakes and pitchforks.