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“Ragtime” draws a portrait of America at a time of turmoil with broad dramatic strokes and emotional specificity, a high-wire act that might daunt the likes of Houdini—yet another character in the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

There’s also this: Nadal never seems to take a point off, never seems to let an on-court situation daunt him, never gives in or gives up.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2022

Temperatures were in the 20s at game time but its didn't daunt a red-clad crowd of more than 29,000.

From Fox News ● Mar. 28, 2022

What about the corruption that has plagued this country and might daunt would-be émigrés?

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2021

"Ought not to daunt you. Never be daunted. Secret of my success. Never been daunted. Never been daunted in public."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

But as he gears up to release his third book on Tuesday, Tweedy admits the task of writing no longer daunts him the way it once did.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023

But what he’s mostly done on hard courts is conquer what daunts him, by fighting the kinds of relentless battles that he relishes, as he did against a rising hard-court comer on Sunday.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2019

Each of the eight huge prints dazzles and daunts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2015

It daunts her to consider the situation’s basic math, the impossibility of matching her supplies to their numbers.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2011

The thought of stealing it, in front of everyone, daunts me.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

But Cain, an interior decorator for 25 years, wasn’t daunted by the chaos that came with such an extensive project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Did that mean Holland was daunted at the thought of working with one of cinema's greats?

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

The crash occurred shortly before midnight on March 22 and quickly put a renewed spotlight on close calls and near misses that have daunted U.S. runways in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Others feel too daunted to leave their apartments even after the end of the lockdown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

"Not in public. If I begin to feel daunted I'll go off by myself. I'm like a cat that way."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

For children with additional needs, like autism, the time may be even more daunting and perhaps fearful.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

But what looks good on spreadsheets ignores daunting constraints.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

All this should help him make a success of his daunting role flying close to the sun.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

The novel’s length is daunting, but the writing is swift and eventful, often expressed in coursing run-on sentences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Separately, each would have been daunting; together they were terrifying.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood