How to Use daunt in a Sentence

daunt

verb

• 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
• 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
• There are no right or wrong answers, but the choices can daunt us.
  — Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• By the way, don’t be daunted by the strip-mall location.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
• 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
• 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
• But having to play in front of the league’s biggest crowds has been daunting for opponents.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 26 Aug. 2019
• For those who have tested positive with the virus, how to break the news to family and friends can be daunting.
  — NBC News, 25 Mar. 2020
• For folks who haven't dipped their toes into the skin-care pond yet, shopping for products can prove all kinds of daunting.
  — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 1 Oct. 2019
• As if climbing the world's tallest mountain isn't daunting enough, try it after getting hit with the flu.
  — National Geographic, 30 Apr. 2019
• Neither the science nor statistics of the new vaccine daunt them.
  — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2021
• Pellittieri and her spouse were daunted by the expense.
  — Anna Louie Sussman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2019
• That's almost enough to fill a 2 liter bottle—which even the most diligent water-drinkers may find daunting.
  — Amy Marturana, SELF, 2 Jan. 2019
• The hurdle for passing such an amendment is daunting, and the cost of providing all those roofs would be in the many billions.
  — Kevin Fagan, SFChronicle.com, 13 Jan. 2020
• Tatum appeared daunted by his matchup with Devin Booker and finished with 26 points on 20 shots with four turnovers.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2020
• Five years to go Your first step is, admittedly, a daunting one.
  — Peter Finch, The Seattle Times, 10 Aug. 2018
• Griner isn't daunted by the prospect of carrying the Mercury for now, at least until the return of Diana Taurasi.
  — Julia Stumbaugh, azcentral, 8 July 2019
• Gauff was sensational and showed zero signs that the moment or the matchup was too daunting for her.
  — Howard Fendrich, Twin Cities, 2 July 2019
• But Josiah was never one to be daunted by the task of learning the arcane details of a new machine.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• But the challenges are daunting as the message trickles down slowly.
  — Nicole Winfield, The Seattle Times, 20 Feb. 2019
• The showroom was daunting: twice as large as any other venue in Las Vegas, with room for 2,000 people.
  — Richard Zoglin, Time, 23 July 2019
• Not only will your dry cleaning bill be much smaller, but stains may no longer be as daunting to sort out on your own.
  — Julia Gall, Marie Claire, 4 May 2020
• Each of those three fleets is daunting on its own, and larger than the entire air forces of many of America’s allies.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2018
• That said, the costs involved in adding shoreline parks or restoring historic piers is daunting.
  — John King, SFChronicle.com, 12 June 2019
• Stingley has known all along that the odds were against him, so turning to a longshot petition didn’t daunt him.
  — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 25 May 2023
• Either outcome would have been daunting, but the Sixers found a third option.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 1 July 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024