He can be a very good friend but a formidable foe.
But in the last few years they have come up against a most formidable foe: the economy.
She was a strong ally and would be a formidable foe.
The only way to deal with so formidable a foe was to gain the first advantage.
And all the brave men would be facing a more formidable foe.
Crime's formidable, relentless foe was taking over battle as his own!
He must have been up against a most formidable foe.
The father and the son have been my formidable foes over the generations.
That made him a less formidable foe, to Dirk's way of thinking.
"You yourself have stated that she is the most formidable foe we will ever face, sir."