Sentence examples for has daunted from inspiring English sources

Still, this project — which has daunted Mr. Brown throughout his years as governor — seems as close to reality as ever.

Skinning a fresh eel has daunted many a cook: Nail the head to a board, grip the thick skin with pliers and pull it away.

Movies on TCM are uncut and uninterrupted by commercials, which has daunted some marketers that eagerly sign sponsorship deals with cable channels that run spots before, after or even during films.

But the airline, based in San Francisco, still faces the same hurdle that has daunted previous start-ups: getting access to scarce runway slots and terminal gates at some of the nation's biggest and busiest airports.

The tunnel, to be built under the Hudson River and parts of Dutchess and Orange Counties, will address a problem that has daunted the city since leaks were first discovered in the Delaware Aqueduct in 1988: some 15 million to 35 million gallons of water, coming down from the Catskills, have been escaping daily through cracks.

That alone would have daunted a lesser man.

Even so, this performance would have daunted the best of them.

Suddenly, young surgeons in the armed forces began confronting problems that would have daunted their elders.

Finally, after many setbacks that would have daunted ordinary mortals, the team fits all the pieces together.

But how to pull off a stunt that would have daunted escapologists of the calibre of Harry Houdini or David Blaine?

Barth cites Homer's descriptions of the "wine-dark sea" and "rosy-fingered Dawn," as claims on worldly objects that have daunted writers down through the ages.