You've done what you set out to do, against formidable odds.

The Shadow's alertness was the one factor that would allow a chance against formidable odds.

The Shadow was retiring in the face of formidable odds.

"But thirty millions of population are formidable odds against fifty thousand!"

Yoz my world fought a long war for freedom, against rather formidable odds.

All of the children faced formidable odds, in families often caught up in drugs, poverty, crime and homelessness.

And against even more formidable odds than before.

Still, the newcomers hope to buck the formidable odds.

"It's like one more message to the parents that they're up against formidable odds," she said.

Carolin was unwilling to waste the lives of his men in a useless charge against formidable odds.