daunting
Example Sentences
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Crisis Group analyst Thomas Kean warned that the incoming government now faced "daunting challenges", including "boosting the economy, ensuring security and continuing the reform process".
From Barron's
If not, back-to-back away trips to the Stade de France and Ellis Park to play France and South Africa in March and July respectively suddenly look a whole lot more daunting.
From BBC
"He's stable now but it's daunting how rapidly it can go into heart failure - it could be weeks, or years," his mother said.
From BBC
Then layer up the travelling during the season - five or six times to Canada or the United States as well as shorter European jaunts and occasionally to Asia - and suddenly the demands look daunting.
From BBC
The sheer sprawl of the record—24 tracks, 100 minutes—is daunting.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
