She noted in Gerald's stiffly adjusted face the unself-conscious eyebrows, formidably different one from the other; she noted how Doctor Tom, sturdy and self-collected as he was, kept knocking the ashes of his cigar into an inkstand full of ink.
"Aurora the Magnificent"
Gertrude Hall
Now through the moonlight, now under shade of the boughs, scoured on the riders-Losely's broad chest and marked countenance, once beautiful, now fearful, formidably defined even under the shadows-his comrade's unsubstantial figure and goblin features flitting vague even under the moonlight.
"What Will He Do With It, Book 10."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Also "we observed, when the voice spoke, her throat was swelled formidably, at least as big as one's fist."
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam