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21 example sentences for DAUNT, such as:
1. But the women were not daunted.
2. It was a girl, and not to be daunted.
3. They were all daunted, daunted out of existence.
4. She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.
5. They were daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
2. It was a girl, and not to be daunted.
3. They were all daunted, daunted out of existence.
4. She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.
5. They were daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
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Meanings and Examples of DAUNT
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daunt
v. cause to lose courage
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1 With St. Paul, I acknowledge myself the chiefest of sinners; but I do not suffer this sense of my personal vileness to daunt me.
2 Don't be troubled, Meg, poverty seldom daunts a sincere lover.
3 For the greatness of the undertaking quickly daunts them, and so obstructs their advance they break down at the very outset.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LV.
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LV.
4 The men-at-arms were daunted, for no armour seemed proof against the shot of this tremendous archer.
5 The two girls, therefore, were from an early age not the least daunted by either art or ideal politics.
6 It was a girl, and not to be daunted.
7 They were all daunted, daunted out of existence.
8 But the women were not daunted.
9 When they were all wearied out, and could tear and beat no longer, they dragged Oliver, struggling and shouting, but nothing daunted, into the dust-cellar, and there locked him up.
10 A dim line of ancestors, in every variety of dress, from the Elizabethan knight to the buck of the Regency, stared down upon us and daunted us by their silent company.
11 The Moffats were very fashionable, and simple Meg was rather daunted, at first, by the splendor of the house and the elegance of its occupants.
12 Somewhat daunted by this reception, Jo hesitated on the threshold, murmuring in much embarrassment.
13 Somewhat daunted, Jo righted herself, spread her handkerchief over the devoted ribbons, and putting temptation behind her, hurried on, with increasing dampness about the ankles, and much clashing of umbrellas overhead.
14 The lion was daunted; the avenger was conquered.
15 Under the fixed and inquiring gaze levelled at him from under those beautiful black eyebrows, he prudently turned away, and calmed himself immediately, daunted by the power of a resolute mind.
Example Sentence:
1 Other northern employers were shocked that ex-slaves refused to work in conditions that would not daunt a farmer in the North.
2 They were daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
3 He felt utterly daunted by the prospect of moving to another country.
4 I was rather daunted by the thought of addressing such an audience.
5 She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.