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    1. not daunt the Jews this time


    2. There was a steady flow of traffic on every road now, as the early morning rush had started, but that did not appear to daunt Carla


    3. difficulties to daunt them


    4. joustings, marshal tournaments, and prove himself noble, generous, and magnificent, and above all a good Christian, and so doing he will fulfil the duties that are especially his; but let the knight-errant explore the corners of the earth and penetrate the most intricate labyrinths, at each step let him attempt impossibilities, on desolate heaths let him endure the burning rays of the midsummer sun, and the bitter inclemency of the winter winds and frosts; let no lions daunt him, no monsters terrify him, no dragons make him quail; for to seek these, to attack those, and to vanquish all, are in truth his main duties


    5. They had heard enough about Efrafa to daunt the stoutest heart


    6. Her refusal, though unexpected, did not permanently daunt Clare


    7. The wise he could persuade, and the smaller folk he could daunt


    8. and it did not daunt her now


    9. all power, save his voice that can still daunt you and deceive you, if you


    1. At first she had felt a little daunted by the task, wondering how she was going to cope with the catering for the group


    2. But I was not daunted


    3. But this hardly daunted Father -- he was an expert mariner with a keen knowledge of the stars


    4. Perhaps some of us who refuse to be intimidated or daunted by the curse of political correctness


    5. Daunted at the thought, she licked her lips and continued toward the blast furnace


    6. Sadly the temple was damaged by an earthquake on May 6 2014 but Ajarn and his dedicated team have not been daunted as they set about repairs


    7. 18 A man of counsel will be considerate; but a strange and proud man is not daunted with fear, even when of himself he has done


    8. 10 The Persians quaked at her boldness and the Medes were daunted at her hardiness


    9. daunted in the inclement weather


    10. Since war and war heroes wasn’t the focus of my wedding, we found ourselves daunted by the various wall hangings that existed

    11. He was not daunted by the grisly tales of what had happened to traders and explorers before him, and by some whim of fate he came among the people he sought, alone and unarmed, and was not instantly speared


    12. Molly was not daunted by D'Oliya's bullying or the situation


    13. daunted the ambiance and caused the temperature to drop


    14. often we are daunted by adversity


    15. She really believed Tadeo was the right man for her, and the mere thought of having to go through the same anxiety and fears with other men daunted and terrified her


    16. “It means, sir, that you are prepared to go,” Morse replied, not daunted by the way that


    17. He was all for activity, for immediate steps in the direction he had set himself; and refusing to be daunted or baulked he pressed the two hands he was holding tighter, shifted them to the left side of his chest, and said, "Feel that? Feel that, you bad girl? Feel it thumping?"


    18. ,' she turned round to say, daunted by the clouds of smoke, and all the chairs and people who had to be got out of the way; for by this time the tourists had finished dining, and had pushed their chairs out into the room to talk together more conveniently, and the room was dim with smoke


    19. Daunted themselves by convention and the fear of what people might think, they imagined that he would be daunted too


    20. If Bjorgolf was daunted by the words he did not show it

    21. The Moffats were very fashionable, and simple Meg was rather daunted, at first, by the splendor of the house and the elegance of its occupants


    22. somewhat daunted by this reception, Jo hesitated on the threshold, murmuring in much embarrassment


    23. Somewhat daunted, Jo righted herself, spread her handkerchief over the devoted ribbons, and putting temptation behind her, hurried on, with increasing dampness about the ankles, and much clashing of umbrellas overhead


    24. Stars and sun, a few bright grains, went spinning round for terror, and holding each other in embrace, there in a darkness that outpassed them all, and left them tiny and daunted


    25. She didn't thank him; still, he felt gratified that she had accepted his assistance, and ventured to stand behind as she examined them, and even to stoop and point out what struck his fancy in certain old pictures which they contained; nor was he daunted by the saucy style in which she jerked the page from his finger: he contended himself with going a bit farther back, and looking at her instead of the book


    26. "If I had had the honor of seeing you for the third or fourth time, count, instead of only for the second," said Madame de Villefort; "if I had had the honor of being your friend, instead of only having the happiness of being under an obligation to you, I should insist on detaining you to dinner, and not allow myself to be daunted by a first refusal


    27. " The general, again daunted by the superiority of the chief, hesitated a moment; then advancing to the president's desk,—"What is the form, said he


    28. The lion was daunted; the avenger was conquered


    29. Under the fixed and inquiring gaze levelled at him from under those beautiful black eyebrows, he prudently turned away, and calmed himself immediately, daunted by the power of a resolute mind


    30. Ralph was excited to get a special commission from the earl, but he was daunted too

    31. Caris herself was daunted


    32. But how to find the Miyawaki place? Truthfully I wasn’t daunted


    33. 'Easy it is now to guess how quickly the roving eye of Saruman was trapped and held; and how ever since he has been persuaded from afar, and daunted when persuasion would not serve


    34. thought daunted and defeated, there they were lit with a fell light again,


    35. For you are not daunted by words; and you have courteous speech, strange though the sound of it may be to us in the South


    36. She went to bed later and rose earlier than any of them, and no difficulties daunted her


    37. She didn’t thank him; still, he felt gratified that she had accepted his assistance, and ventured to stand behind as she examined them, and even to stoop and point out what struck his fancy in certain old pictures which they contained; nor was he daunted by the saucy style in which she jerked the page from his finger: he contented himself with going a bit farther back and looking at her instead of the book


    38. A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love


    39. But not a bit daunted, Queequeg steered us manfully; now sheering off from this monster directly across our route in advance; now edging away from that, whose colossal flukes were suspended overhead, while all the time, Starbuck stood up in the bows, lance in hand, pricking out of our way whatever whales he could reach by short darts, for there was no time to make long ones


    40. In a moment he emerged through a smaller door, and began striding toward the beach, and I, nothing daunted by his surliness, ran beside him

    1. This fact had been borne on me when I was looking for the job at the school … it is a daunting realisation


    2. ‘The daunting thing is that one doesn’t use half of all that stuff most of the time


    3. I’d love to see him, but the thought of him bouncing on the bed, is rather daunting


    4. I just hope you are not finding it too daunting a task


    5. It is a daunting thought that so much weighs on my shoulders


    6. He repacked his texts in his trunk and picked up the daunting stack of correspondence, orders, and status logs which Mr


    7. daunting task for a group of mercenaries that was either in it just for the pay or had


    8. looked at the stranger’s daunting companion and


    9. would have gone weak in his keens, faced with such a daunting


    10. The task of re-writing the book from scratch was daunting

    11. Our vet gave us a daunting ultimatum


    12. Were humans even meant to live for centuries? It seemed a daunting prospect


    13. The thought of downloading just the level-two database, alone, would have been a daunting enough to send a shiver of fear down his spine


    14. Softer skills in the field of information, commercial and industrial technology, computer and software designs, among others, are gradually replacing the diminishing demands for unskilled labor (especially) among manufacturing and factory workers whose positions are facing daunting challenges from computer-based technologies


    15. The airport always seemed such a daunting place to me


    16. Writing on a variety of subject matters is a difficult, if not daunting task for any journalist of limited scope and talent


    17. The US Navy also faced the daunting task trying to blockade over 3000 miles of coast, plus seizing the Mississippi River


    18. But if US bombings lead to terrorism which leads to a US invasion, there is the daunting possibility of nuclear threats or even use to try and end that war


    19. An aircraft up close and personal can be a daunting thing


    20. The effort hadn’t been too daunting a task, however: there were but two pages in the entire file from which nothing was gleaned other than his personal data, pay records and favorable reviews

    21. It was the thought or anticipation that was daunting


    22. There it was an internationally recognized symbol of man‘s extraordinary ability to overcome the most daunting of challenges represented in the mighty span of concrete, steel and cable? How tragic that there were so many that unhappy


    23. The bodies had to be identified, but it proved to be a daunting task because of the advanced state of decomposition of many of the bodies


    24. This decision was not one taken lightly, and although it was a daunting task, I went ahead and resigned from the corporate world


    25. You might find this process daunting, but remember that you are closing in on the


    26. grateful for the insight, but the task ahead appeared more daunting than ever


    27. was last to exit the car, greeted by the daunting sight of the Train


    28. of lower Midgar daunting as he readied himself for the task


    29. It has become a daunting task and I won’t even try to summarize it here


    30. up, but there was a daunting predicament that kept us apart--we ran with two completely

    31. To contemplate the work of such giants as Michelangelo, Beethoven, Mozart, Shakespeare, Confucius, Sophocles, Aristotle, Newton, or Einstein is a daunting, possibly depressing experience


    32. everyday, but I know that the idea of writing that many emails is daunting


    33. other things that are daunting for me


    34. I also joined the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce and in that capacity found myself with a daunting task


    35. hell, and often challenge each other to the daunting task called


    36. Tackling the GMAT itself may sound daunting to prospective students who haven’t taken a traditional test in some time, but preparing for the test can help remove some of the anxiety


    37. daunting responsibility, one that would have been far too serious


    38. They watched as I began the daunting task of digging a large hole in the riverbank


    39. It all was so very strange… the reflective effect was daunting and unnerving to say the least


    40. and the Selected ones will help us in our daunting task

    41. All of Gaea has faced daunting challenges of late


    42. ‘The problems are daunting, but stimulating,’ Peteru said thoughtfully, itemising them on his fingers


    43. Surely the angels have chosen the wrong man for such a daunting task! To recite the words of angels! Him?! Muhammad?!?!


    44. The actual act of leaving, Matthew found out that day was far more daunting than all the planning or thinking about it


    45. “Yes,” I was ashamed and he seized on it, making my predicament even more daunting


    46. I passed old toys, reminders of my childhood when secret tunnels and adventure were not such daunting realities


    47. We were her follow up and listening to a handful of parents pity clapping for Jenny was daunting


    48. Don’t do a massive change, because it seems daunting


    49. Even given the numbers of Marines thus diverted, the size of the force descending through the atmosphere was daunting


    50. The enormity of the task was daunting












































    1. "Don't be troubled, Meg, poverty seldom daunts a sincere lover


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    Synonyms for "daunt"

    dash daunt frighten away frighten off pall scare scare away scare off discourage dishearten dispirit thwart shake cow appall dismay intimidate overawe subdue

    "daunt" definitions

    cause to lose courage