How To Use Daunting In A Sentence
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The size of the task ahead is daunting.
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Scores of jurors were quickly dismissed yesterday as the judge tackled the daunting task of finding an unbiased jury.
Times, Sunday Times
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That daunting task was made worse by plentiful leanings, curves, twists and turns.
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Once well-deserved celebrations waned, the daunting task of finding a space loomed large.
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But the job can be daunting, unless that's a CEO, (or a mom skilled at color-coded chalkboards).
Your friend is ill, what can you do?
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Daunting as it nonetheless was, I was quite wrong to be so awed.
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His poetry was his attempt to externalise that inner dialogue, but his obscurity of expression, as opposed to his expression of obscurity, provided a most daunting translative challenge.
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There are thousands of unfilled jobs in the hospitality and retail sectors but applying without experience can be daunting.
The Sun
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So what began as a daunting challenge actually became an advantage.
Smithsonian Mag
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The vote comes as the new National Intelligence estimate shows Iraq is facing what it calls daunting challenges over the next year and a half.
CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2007
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And it is the daunting measuring stick to test a rower's physical capabilities.
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Enthusiasts of the baroque will want to sample but making the purchase for a rather short changed disc that plays for well under an hour would be daunting for some.
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But his reward is a daunting trip to Arsenal.
The Sun
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Excuses vary from difficulties in obtaining payment to the daunting prospect of completing export documentation.
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It's got one of the most dauntingly bleak and unhappy endings imaginable.
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Her mum has set some lofty standards and it must be a daunting prospect following in her footsteps.
The Sun
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Her mum has set some lofty standards and it must be a daunting prospect following in her footsteps.
The Sun
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It's surprisingly doable, and going to the gym is less daunting once cardio is out of the way.
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Populated by such enormous talent, the music industry can be a daunting world to enter.
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Handling the sheer volume of such server-generated virus detected messages can be a daunting task.
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Travelling alone around the world is a daunting prospect.
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Scores of jurors were quickly dismissed yesterday as the judge tackled the daunting task of finding an unbiased jury.
Times, Sunday Times
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As a consequence of the suggestion Laureen Williamson was approached and readily agreed to undertake the daunting task.
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The challenges of programming across such a vast multicultural area are daunting.
Sociology
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Abseiling is a daunting challenge at any age—but it's especially impressive when Reynolds does it, given he's 105.
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Quantitatively, though, the vast majority of cases involve the interpretation of ordinary laws, many of them dauntingly convoluted, many others festooned with decades of glosses by judges of varying perceptiveness writing opinions of varying clarity.
Current Affairs
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Add in the demographics, and cracking the home market looks even more daunting.
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For most of us the boundary between childhood and adulthood is more straightforward, and the rites of passage somewhat less daunting.
A Miscellany of Mother's Wisdom
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In fact, the realization that so many differences exist between us is beginning to be daunting.
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The numbers grow more staggering everyday, making the recovery from Hurricane Charley seem even more daunting.
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Equally daunting is the prospect of moving a six-foot-long arapaima, a fish able to leap as high as three feet out of water.
Moving 38,000 Living Specimens Creates
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The scale of the challenge may seem daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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They can meet you when you arrive in each area, which makes dealing with the inevitable scrum of touts distinctly less daunting.
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Bidding at auction can be a daunting process as you go up against hundreds of other people for the same lots.
Times, Sunday Times
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So many people find auctions daunting and we were trying to help make that more accessible.
Times, Sunday Times
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The dauntingly solid volumes also offer the reader an anthology of short extracts, specific illustrations of usage and enough etymological information to satisfy the more academic reader.
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So while the challenge facing the peace movement in south Asia is daunting, it is by no means impossibly quixotic.
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This comic moment emphasizes Bergot's poverty and makes Lily's retrieval of the money more daunting.
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There are so many new choices in the aisles of health-food stores and even traditional supermarkets that it can be daunting.
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Bilingual / bicultural children face daunting challenges in educational settings that not only disregard their home language and culture, but also the wisdom of previous generations.
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This may seem a daunting task because they require so much sustained sunshine, but a combination of polytunnel or greenhouse and careful selection of varieties more suited to our climate makes it possible and rewarding.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's aubergine recipes
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Becoming a parent can be a daunting experience, but she and her husband had treble the shock when they learned they were expecting triplets.
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Nield essayed the daunting, high lying solo flute line with brilliance and a lustrous tonal palette.
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A: The most challenging was definitely in conquering fear, facing this great daunting task of writing a novel and making it the best it could possibly be.
Diana Evans discusses 26a
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It is a daunting task to replace such a prolific striker, who found the target 28 times last season.
The Sun
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The fete is Oscar-like, with a daunting line of photographers and smartphone-waving bloggers and fans.
Fly Girls: TV series follows flight attendants at home and in the air
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The trip seemed rather daunting for a young girl.
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We can do it knowing that elsewhere in the UK, the challenges look even more daunting.
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The degree of collaboration between secondary and higher education, if any reform is to be envisaged, must always be daunting.
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One of athletics' most daunting targets is about to come under attack when a team of elite runners attempts to run the marathon in under two hours.
Times, Sunday Times
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David's other great hobby is his cellar, and the wine list at the Peat Inn is comprehensive without being in the least daunting.
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The prospect of meeting the President is quite daunting.
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Sealing the border with Northern Ireland was a daunting task.
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It is a daunting task for any Government to ensure the health of the citizens.
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Roughly 150,000 titles are published each year in the U.S. Without the imprimatur and promotional budget of a major publishing house, the odds of breaking through are dauntingly slim.
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Walking through a crowded school hallway or playground is daunting because it means brushing up against so many bodies.
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A splendid batting pitch and huge outfield meant that the target of 164 was not as daunting as it first appeared.
Times, Sunday Times
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A number of conditions put the heart at risk for failing at this daunting task, such as chronic diseased heart valves, or intrinsically weak heart muscle cells (known as dilated cardiomyopathy).
U.S. News
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Yet for a new chairman it was a daunting challenge.
Times, Sunday Times
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You all have truly made opening my in-box fun, and intellectually challenging - and utterly daunting.
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Standing where these fearless ski racers begin their descent, the view was slightly daunting.
The Sun
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Peter says while the thought of group therapy may seem daunting, there are many benefits from working this way.
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He and his fellow buglers have the unfortunate and often daunting task of playing ‘Taps’ at the memorial ceremonies for the division, leaving at a moment's notice at times to play the final respects for fallen comrades and those attending the services.
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That makes it all seem a bit more daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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The games seem simple, but the myriad ways of betting and sheer number of games to play can be daunting.
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In addition, it can also lead to daunting calculations as each atom contributes its orbitals to the whole molecule.
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The Chilean experience shows that this obstacle, though daunting, is not insuperable.
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The Darwin reference is a bit daunting, considering what we do here -- no?
Un-meme
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Scores of jurors were quickly dismissed yesterday as the judge tackled the daunting task of finding an unbiased jury.
Times, Sunday Times
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These are daunting obstacles but they also represent the kind of clarion call that brings out the best in the American spirit ... creativity and invention.
Anne Thompson: Tuning in to a Cleaner Energy Culture
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The main reason we have a hard time imagining these scenarios isn't just that the technical problems are daunting.
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Their partnership has been reforged in the heat of the election campaign, but it faces further daunting challenges.
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The sheer labor of such a task is daunting indeed, but once done the message is there to stay.
Christianity Today
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I found her to be really daunting as well, because of her entitlement and her wealth and her quiet power.
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The digital moving image festival presents yet another lineup of next-level music videos, graphics, animation and artwork, augmented by dauntingly up-to-date terminology.
This week's new film events
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The responsibilities of the papacy today are daunting, and all realize that the bishop of Rome needs the prayers of the faithful.
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In the choral movement of his ninth symphony, the soprano soloist has to sing her highest note on the umlauted U in flügel, an even more daunting vowel sound than that in ‘who'd.’
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Many engineers of his age felt similar, a computer could be used to do calculus and arithmetic, but not do then daunting tasks such as communications and process control.
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The challenge of getting on the housing ladder for those on modest wages will remain daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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Indeed, such dialectical transformation demands of us nothing less than a mindful, stoic patience ( "Man muß geduldig alles in sich aufnehmen und wachsen" [ "One must patiently take everything into oneself and let it grow"]), for it entails the daunting challenge of bursting "[d] ie
Kafka and the Coincidence of Opposites
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And replacing financial employment with manufacturing jobs is daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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He said: "The options for parents in their efforts to choose the right school or college can be bewildering, really daunting."
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But at home they were daunting, unhelped by reviews implying that we've all memorized Czeslaw Milosz--ah, yes, "Unde Malum"--and that they should squat on the shelves just for "reference.
Lemony Snicket, AKA Daniel Handler, On WHERE To Read Poetry
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Sometimes the quantity of statistical information available may seem daunting.
A Short Guide to Writing About History
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Neil was devoted to Claudia, but he found Philip frankly daunting.
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Cut off from the world and supported by a private income, he composed dauntingly huge pieces which were regarded as all but unplayable.
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Five days of close assessment was a very daunting prospect.
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The Massachusetts legislature outlawed racial segregation in 1855, but the battle to desegregate schools remained a daunting one for Blacks in many parts of the country, particularly the South.
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Condensing the novel into a 90 minute script was a daunting task.
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Now, in his first solo venture, he faces a daunting task.
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Despite the daunting competition, since it opened two weeks ago in America it has already taken nearly four times its budget at the box office.
Times, Sunday Times
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And they embrace the great causes of their age, aiming for the moon no matter how daunting the task looks.
Times, Sunday Times
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Once banned, often excoriated, still dauntingly difficult, Ulysses has become the canonical twentieth-century novel.
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Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.
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Undergoing major organ transplantation is a daunting prospect for anyone.
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At first the amount of options is a bit daunting - but it is easy to get a good sound out of it - just pick the EQ preshape first and work from there.
Musician's Friend: Stupid Deal of the Day
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The trip seemed rather daunting for a young girl.
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When Clark was placed with the team, working with a chief superintendent was quite a daunting prospect.
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Away from the underground happenings of London, away from his friends, performing hitherto unheard songs to unappreciative punters was a daunting prospect.
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But the technical challenges are more daunting.
Computing
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Here's Ellison's account of the most daunting challenge parents of two-year-olds face - toilet-training them before they start pre-school.
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Life is a daunting prospect with no joy or love in it.
Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home
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With or without Britain's contribution, the task of cleaning up Russia's far north is dauntingly immense.
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Deciding what I should say in my last 500 words ever in this space proved to be more daunting than writing a 10-page English paper on semiology.
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He may have avoided a repechage yesterday afternoon, but his semi-final is daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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Although League One's Carlisle are accustomed to regular travels to what must seem like the ends of the earth, the club's daunting 700-mile-plus FA Cup third-round trip on Saturday to Torquay's palmy riviera at least rewards them with a scenic route to a fresh destination.
Epic tales of the Wessex footballing crowd | Frank Keating
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I'm not talking about the maximum speed but the acceleration, which was daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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We must now confront the rather more daunting problems of differentiating lexical units paradigmatically.
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It is incredibly daunting - he is attached to a ventilator, through a tracheostomy tube, as his lungs are so damaged.
The Sun
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The odds on this coming to pass are daunting.
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Coming on to a new series for the first time could be a daunting prospect even to the acting profession's hardy perennials.
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It enables a vehicle to chug up, or engine-brake down, daunting inclines, and idle over obstacles.
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NEWS that inflation is up by three per cent will surprise householders faced with daunting rises in fuel and food costs.
The Sun
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Reformation and reconstruction of an alien culture are a daunting task.
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Choosing just 75 drawings from the collection presented Clayton with a daunting task.
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The invention of the aqualung had removed the single most daunting barrier to man's conquest of the planet.
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Pupils who have not benefited from regular testing are likely to find the experience of a formal exam daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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I must have been feeling awfully ambitious to set myself such a daunting assignment!
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There should certainly be place on our shelves for less daunting reads.
Times, Sunday Times
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No less a daunting prospect awaits in the final.
Times, Sunday Times
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IT can be very daunting wandering around a perfume hall trying to pick the perfect scent for your loved one.
The Sun
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To be the first foreigner to complete the dauntingly long and dangerous journey along the entire Brahmaputra river is quite an accolade.
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As in most of Polanski's films, the world is so dauntingly evil the protagonist grows incapable of imagining an alternative future.
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None of the characters is written with substantial depth or complexity, so none of the actors has a terribly daunting task.
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Paying $20k out of pocket for solar panels is a financially daunting prospect but if you can pack it into a mortgage it makes a lot of sense to substitute reoccurring monthly expenses into financed renewable technologies that add to the value of your home.
Ben Uyeda: How Re-Fueling Your Car Can Build Equity in Your Home
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The list of broken bones, ripped ligaments and torn cartilages is similarly daunting, and he wakes each morning to be reminded by a chronically aching body, of the physical damage he has inflicted on himself.
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The size of the task ahead is daunting.
The Sun
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For a 14-year-old, just looking at the swirling and overlapping musical notes was daunting.
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Mrs Britton, 32, said that starting a pub from scratch is a daunting task but well worth the hard work.
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The 50-mile-long shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans known as the Panama Canal was a project so big, so daunting, so seemingly impossible that some say its completion by the USA in 1914 marked the emergence of America as a world superpower.
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I was faced with the daunting task of learning the whole script in 24 hours.
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She is dauntingly articulate.
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While his sonorous voice was a little daunting, it was counteracted by his articulate nature and respectful manner.
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Widely and beneficially adopted around the world, the CMMI has nonetheless been daunting to some organizations for its size and apparent complexity of the framework.
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Finding schools abroad may be a daunting prospect for employees.
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dauntingly difficult
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The Victorians rose to this challenge with a characteristic determination that seems daunting to us today.
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Don't let yourself be put off, however, by the daunting prospect of a 79-mile walk.
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To take dry facts, the occasional anecdote and reams of information from sundry sources, and weave them together into a narrative that is both interesting and informative can be a daunting task.
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Whatever actually occurred, the Court is now faced with the daunting task of deciphering their submissions.
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The task before us is a daunting one.
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Behind each crest of a ravenous bird or brutish beast lay men equally as daunting.
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Having slipped to fifth place York now have the daunting task of going the rest of the season undefeated if they are to stay in the title race
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On top of this, a Shakespeare monologue or script had to be learnt - a daunting prospect indeed.
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Unlike many recent fantasies, at 215 pages it isn't dauntingly long.
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The release of Miss Leighton has refocused attention on the daunting scale of the task facing police if they are to catch the person dubbed the 'saline serial killer'.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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It has made going out in public quite daunting.
The Sun
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Attempting to install Pizazz Convert in Windows, can be a daunting task for the novice.
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Very many people can quickly find themselves in a difficult financial situation, facing a dauntingly large number of monthly demands for payment from different creditors.
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The sight of the massive queue must have been daunting, but you dealt with the situation magnificently.
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The pitch is still good with pace and bounce and in this era of lower order batsmen rather than slogging tail-enders, 31 was not a daunting challenge.
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Stepping on court against a four-year-old shouldn't be a daunting prospect.
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With no education or adult help, this is a daunting task.
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its terrain can be craggy and daunting, or softly pacifying.
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For most of them, getting to the inauguration is a daunting prospect.
Tuskegee Airmen Honored With Invitation, but Challenged by Logistics - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
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Of course, I don't look like Harrison Ford with his athletic bod, trim waist and daunting musculature.
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Throughout history, slaves have fashioned strategies of resistance that usually reflected a realistic assessment of the daunting forces arrayed against them.
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But insinuating finance into a process that generally resists measurement can be daunting, if only because traditional accounting systems are not well suited to the task.
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The daunting task of finding the right location is one that is faced by many young businesses.
Times, Sunday Times
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In sum, while the CGMP regulations would not prohibit decontamination and conversion, the difficulty of cleaning up penicillin residues makes the chore daunting.
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Where she used to make the climb from the basement, carrying a laundry basket, now she finds the ascent daunting.
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His earlier life had specially equipped him for this daunting task in a prison camp.
A Channel of Peace
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Although the turnover increased dramatically to stg £13.6 million, the losses are still dauntingly high.
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But his reward is a daunting trip to Arsenal.
The Sun
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Glenochil numbers 80 lifers among its 500 inmates, but it seems this is less daunting than governing under ‘the white hot glare of the media’.
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Quantitatively, though, the vast majority of cases involve the interpretation of ordinary laws, many of them dauntingly convoluted, many others festooned with decades of glosses by judges of varying perceptiveness writing opinions of varying clarity.
Law
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The distances at Yaramera, even inside the house, were daunting to a lamed man.
THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD
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The volume of mites and other tiny creepy-crawlies inhabiting the average mattress, pillow, sofa or armchair is daunting in the extreme.
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Meeting and evaluating a potential mentor can be daunting.
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Tomorrow he faces a slightly less daunting challenge.
Times, Sunday Times
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Starting the time-consuming process of interviewing childminders all over again was a daunting prospect.
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Given the bureaucratic hassle involved in getting a permit and logistics, organizing a climbing expedition can be a daunting task.
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IT can be very daunting wandering around a perfume hall trying to pick the perfect scent for your loved one.
The Sun
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What makes it more daunting is there is a large cast of characters beyond the team of 8, who themselves need to be shown.
Review: Fist Fight Manifesto: the Midknighters #1-7 (Mangaholix) « BAHAY TALINHAGA
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But the size of the financial commitment was daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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As daunting as that may all sound, you'd be amazed at how little the areas can matter.
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Ditching its shareholders is an equally daunting prospect.
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The proliferation of Web-based content on corporate intranets, extranets and Web pages has provided a daunting array of challenges.
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Artaud's solid and daunting denials of lies and politics, as in the opening of Pour en finir avec le jugement de dieu To Have Done with the Judgment of God, and his horrific explorations, like flaying of the psyche and Manichean screams were there to be read, heard, and imagined.
Anis Shivani: Exclusive: Beat Poet Michael McClure On Jim Morrison, The Doors, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac
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He's reaching an amazing level in his work, with a sustained fluency and engagement over a daunting number of complex projects, almost all at once.
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I think learning the geography is the most daunting element of using a real city.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Would you like to suggest a writing article? (Sticky post)
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In spite of unification, the country was still faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division.
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From the outside it appeared dauntingly big and difficult to navigate through; however, this was not the case.
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Perhaps you should consider that the technical challenges involved in capping a deep-sea oil well are somewhat more daunting than, say, loading up a few dozen helicopters with loads of medical supplies and clean drinking water to airlift them into people stranded by floodwaters.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Now that the Government has Proved as Incompetent
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Being thrust into the international limelight was a daunting prospect.
Times, Sunday Times
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Siegfried in “Götterdämmerung,” though daunting, is singable.
The Kirov ‘Ring’: A Tough Role, but Somebody Has to Do It - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
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Being confronted with room after room of plasterboard walls was ‘quite daunting’, admits Vivien.
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The other daunting fact I learned about flamenco is that it is an insiders art.
A Conversation with Sarah Bird, author of the novel The Flamenco Academy
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These three young men have demonstrated a personal commitment and sacrifice which inspired them to attempt this daunting journey with enthusiasm.
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Finding the funding to get the plan off the ground was the most daunting task, but once launched, the Leeds International Film Festival sailed forth like a stately galleon.
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It's also daunting and it makes you feel quite exposed and vulnerable.
Times, Sunday Times
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But the size of the financial commitment was daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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There are many wonderful things among the countless flint tools, dirks and firearms, but the quantity of material is daunting even for the most discerning.
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The daunting task of finding the right location is one that is faced by many young businesses.
Times, Sunday Times
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When you first step into that sort of role it can feel a bit daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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Most dauntingly, Abernathy would have to face critics claiming that the organization he would be helming was in danger of becoming irrelevant.
Burial for a King
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The sheer untrammelled boringness and scale of reform is just too daunting.
Times, Sunday Times
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For the unseasoned occasional voyager west of the Humber River the trip to Toronto is in and of itself, daunting.
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Amusing a group of active, lively children may seem a daunting task for any parent or teacher who is organising a day trip or school tour.
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The dauntingly solid volumes also offer the reader an anthology of short extracts, specific illustrations of usage and enough etymological information to satisfy the more academic reader.
