daunted
Example Sentences
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If you are not daunted by the amount of work needed to maintain grounds of this size, it is a mini slice of paradise on a sunny day.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Each of the five judges read all the submitted books, with Beard joking she "occasionally felt daunted as a new box of 30 or so gleaming volumes landed on my doorstep".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Finance is no longer just an economic issue—it’s part of deterrence,” because an adversary would be daunted by robust supplies and production, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Paulson said older workers may be daunted by the potential costs, time and effort, as well as the potential stigma associated with being a whistleblower.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
She spent long hours out in the country by herself, spoke little, withdrew completely into herself and went about her tasks with a chill hopelessness that daunted me.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
