daunt
verb (used with object)
to overcome with fear; intimidate.
daunts
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present tense formof daunt (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
