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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

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

Neither the science nor statistics of the new vaccine daunt them.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 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

But Brown wasn’t daunted by history, and he wasn’t about to pull his players to rest for the next game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 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

The Kochs recognize that the notion of embedding 41 distinct ideas in a business and applying them to every action might seem daunting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The checklist to launch an independent minor league baseball team is long and daunting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Regardless, Minghella’s film is an utterly beautiful and romantic story, a daunting feat considering how equally beautiful, though different, its source material is.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

While the overall price tag of healthcare in retirement may seem daunting, the costs will likely be spread out over decades, noted Ryan Viktorin, a vice president and financial consultant with Fidelity.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

But Bobby approached with dedication the daunting task of learning many of the substantive ones.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady