It is certain that with his high speed and penchant for throwing wild pitches, he would have been an intimidating opponent for any batter who faced him.

Silky smooth in stroke, Manalo looked the complete player as he ran rack after rack against the most intimidating opponents.

But ten years and one day after Roy Keane inspired Ireland to qualification for the 2002 World Cup with a 1-0 win against Holland in Dublin, the current incarnation of the Irish squad faced a far less intimidating opponent with a collection of players lacking the fire, quality and belief as Mick McCarthy's team.

I was not a New York native, had never run for office and would face Giuliani, an intimidating opponent.

Fourth-ranked Adelphi (28-2) could not have drawn a more intimidating opponent than top-ranked Kentucky Wesleyan (29-2), the defending champion.

She said she wasn't distracted by the planes or the crowd, and she suggested that had she drawn a more intimidating opponent, she might have prepared more strategically for the match instead of settling for a generic practice session.

The Panthers (5-5-1) are hardly anyone's idea of an intimidating opponent, and this was their first road victory of the season.

She'd taken down opponents far more intimidating than Macet.

In this episode of Cake Boss, Buddy plays pool with celebrities - and an intimidating opponent - at a charity event.

She won a tennis tournament in her first attempt, her mother recalled, and she made for an intimidating opponent in badminton.