Daunting can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| daunting - discouraging through fear | ||
Verb |
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| daunt - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | adj. | It was a daunting task. | |
| 2. | adj. | This is a daunting task. | |
| 3. | adj. | This can be a daunting task. | |
| 4. | adj. | I can't face such a daunting task. | |
| 5. | adj. | It's a daunting agenda. | |
| 6. | adj. | It was a bit daunting. | |
| 7. | adj. | It's a pretty daunting task. | |
| 8. | adj. | Tebboune is working for the democratization of Algeria but he's facing daunting challenges. | |
| 9. | adj. | Brinkmann is excited for the opportunity, but acknowledged how daunting studying at Oxford is. | |
| 10. | verb | The challenges are daunting, but we can overcome them. | |
| 11. | verb | The task was daunting. | |
| 12. | verb | The work is daunting. | |
| 13. | verb | "Nor in my madness kept my purpose low, / but vowed, if e'er should happier chance invite, / and bring me home a conqueror, even so / my comrade's death with vengeance to requite. / My words aroused his wrath; thence evil's earliest blight. / Thenceforth Ulysses sought with slanderous tongue / to daunt me, scattering in the people's ear / dark hints, and looked for partners of his wrong; / nor rested, till with Calchas' aid, the seer..." | |
| 14. | verb | 'As oft, to daunt them, in the act to fly, / storms lashed the deep, and Southern gales withstand.' | |
| 15. | verb | "Nor in my madness kept my purpose low, / but vowed, if e'er should happier chance invite, / and bring me home a conqueror, even so / my comrade's death with vengeance to requite. / My words aroused his wrath; thence evil's earliest blight. / Thenceforth Ulysses sought with slanderous tongue / to daunt me, scattering in the people's ear / dark hints, and looked for partners of his wrong; / nor rested, till with Calchas' aid, the seer..." | |
| 16. | verb | 'As oft, to daunt them, in the act to fly, / storms lashed the deep, and Southern gales withstand.' |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| It was a daunting task. | |
| This is a daunting task. | |
| This can be a daunting task. | |
| I can't face such a daunting task. | |
| It's a daunting agenda. | |
| It was a bit daunting. | |
| It's a pretty daunting task. | |
| Tebboune is working for the democratization of Algeria but he's facing daunting challenges. | |
| Brinkmann is excited for the opportunity, but acknowledged how daunting studying at Oxford is. | |
| verb | |
| The challenges are daunting, but we can overcome them. | |
| The task was daunting. | |
| The work is daunting. | |
| "Nor in my madness kept my purpose low, / but vowed, if e'er should happier chance invite, / and bring me home a conqueror, even so / my comrade's death with vengeance to requite. / My words aroused his wrath; thence evil's earliest blight. / Thenceforth Ulysses sought with slanderous tongue / to daunt me, scattering in the people's ear / dark hints, and looked for partners of his wrong; / nor rested, till with Calchas' aid, the seer..." | |
| 'As oft, to daunt them, in the act to fly, / storms lashed the deep, and Southern gales withstand.' | |
| "Nor in my madness kept my purpose low, / but vowed, if e'er should happier chance invite, / and bring me home a conqueror, even so / my comrade's death with vengeance to requite. / My words aroused his wrath; thence evil's earliest blight. / Thenceforth Ulysses sought with slanderous tongue / to daunt me, scattering in the people's ear / dark hints, and looked for partners of his wrong; / nor rested, till with Calchas' aid, the seer..." | |
| 'As oft, to daunt them, in the act to fly, / storms lashed the deep, and Southern gales withstand.' | |