daunting
Example Sentences
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For many American families, saving for college is a daunting and nebulous task.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
That’s especially important when you consider how daunting many cancer therapies are.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
Even so, the task of building the program into something real was so daunting that the first time he was approached by the federation, Tevreden turned the project down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
"The Traitors host's daunting foray into the chat show genre will only improve over time. Graham Norton's, after all, was not built in a day," he wrote.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The word was too good, too bitter, too successfully daunting to be repeated.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
