intimidating
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It’s intimidating to see how much you spend, but truly understanding your habits is the only way to build a smart financial plan that survives when things go south.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
This posture likely helped them reach leaves high in trees and may have made them look larger and more intimidating to predators.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
Spades can be extremely intimidating to start as a beginner playing with pros.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
In such a socially competitive and professionally rapacious city, having a dinner party is intimidating, too much work, and very few people, even with boatloads of cash, end up hosting one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
He was notoriously aggressive, his manner eventually becoming so intimidating that his closest collaborator, a gentle man named Walter Baade, refused to be left alone with him.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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