How to Use daunt in a Sentence

daunt

verb

• Berndt, 13, said being a part of the event with the high schoolers was daunting.
  — Gary Curreri, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• The prospect of removing even half of the bass and panfish from the lake is daunting.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2018
• The most thrilling—and daunting—part of the festival is its two-day marathon.
  — Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2018
• If some of those new starters don’t pan out, the schedule won’t be as daunting.
  — Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2019
• Yet at 31, none of this daunts this creature of impulse.
  — Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, 12 June 2018
• There are no right or wrong answers, but the choices can daunt us.
  — Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• Tyler Wheeler said the stage won’t be daunting for the Dragons.
  — Kenzie Winstead, The Courier-Journal, 15 June 2018
• By the way, don’t be daunted by the strip-mall location.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
• He seemed daunted by the prospect of starting a new career.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 19 May 2018
• The numbers alone for the stunt, which took over a year to plan and execute, are daunting.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2018
• The human resources challenge alone are daunting in the best of times.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 12 Apr. 2017
• What seemed to be a Herculean task a week or so ago, doesn't seem quite as daunting any more.
  — Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 10 Jan. 2020
• In just in the last 24 hours, news about the situation has been daunting.
  — Karina Bland, azcentral, 12 Mar. 2020
• At first, the game’s systems and story can be daunting.
  — Matthew Gault, Time, 9 Jan. 2020
• Will moviegoers be daunted by eight hours of John, Paul, George and Ringo on the big screen?
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
• The sheer number of trucks needed to move the sand around the Permian is daunting.
  — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2017
• The sheer number of parts and the many ways fakes can infiltrate the system is daunting.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2016
• The chances for success this time appear at least as daunting.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, latimes.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• But figuring out what to buy and how to use it can be daunting when you're faced with a cramped, messy room.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 18 Jan. 2018
• Nailing the soundtrack for your big day can be daunting.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Sep. 2017
• Don’t be daunted by the price per pound; mushrooms are mostly air, so a few ounces will go far.
  — Fatima Khawaja, Saveur, 31 May 2024
• The empty room was daunting, but the woman behind the camera was kind.
  — Becca Smouse, azcentral, 17 June 2018
• But as the standing-room-only crowd made clear, the long odds haven’t daunted investors.
  — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2018
• But its demands can also cow and daunt and unnerve them.
  — New York Times, 23 May 2021
• Perez works at a store in South Park Mall and said the pressure from his parents to succeed can be daunting.
  — Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 1 June 2020
• But nothing seems to daunt this team, which pulls from a deeper bag of answers than any other in the NFL.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2024
• The prospect of working around Paul George and Andre Roberson on the perimeter is daunting.
  — SI.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• The job of creating the main image for the 1968 special section was a daunting one.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 30 May 2018
• Don’t be daunted by the notion of some huge new concept but instead look for low-hanging fruit.
  — London Business School, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
• If consumers overwhelmingly prefer to speak to a live person, this can prove to be daunting task for banks.
  — Gary Drenik, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Jan 2025