Sentence examples for to the daunting from inspiring English sources

In the course of reaching that conclusion, Jenkins proves equal to the daunting scale of his subject, a Toscanini for Beethoven.

Iberia is a vast land-bridge from our safe European home to the daunting Africa waiting below, and to drive from top to bottom took us a week and took us through more landscapes, languages, cultures and cuisines than I could have imagined.

But just to get to the United States ambitious students face obstacles ranging from the inconvenient to the daunting, testing the mettle of even the most steadfast.

It was a filthy day which meant the ground was soft and the horses were tiring as they came to the daunting Chair.

Mr. Obama's Wednesday address calling for renewed public service is unassailable in principle but inadequate to the daunting size of the serious American crisis at hand.

Gary Woodland, a long-hitting 26-year-old, is brimming with power and confidence as he comes to the daunting Stadium Course armed with a game plan whereas first-timers once brought little beyond hearsay and uncertainty.

The visitors traveled to the daunting Allianz Arena in the shadow of the renewed title contenders' eight-game winning streak, which had propelled the Munich team to first in the table, with as many as seven points between themselves and second place Schalke, and an intimidating 12 points ahead of last season's champions, Borussia Dortmund.

On his way to celebrate Mass in Manger Square, near the traditional site of Jesus's birth, the head of the Roman Catholic Church made a powerful gesture to Palestinians by praying and touching his head to the daunting, grey, Israeli separation barrier that divides Bethlehem from Jerusalem and which, to  Palestinians, is the embodiment of Israeli oppression.

NEW YORK VIRTUOSO SINGERS Harold Rosenbaum's group, true to its name, devotes an entire concert to the daunting yet exuberant music of Charles Wuorinen, including such works as the "Missa Brevis" and the "Mass for the Reconstruction of St . Lukein the Fields".

They range from the minuscule (how to clear the debris under the abandoned railroad trestle in Kent that blocks river passage) to the daunting (how to help Cleveland and Akron find the right plans and financing to solve serious sewage overflows during rainstorms that feed the river's violation of federal pollution standards).

If one was to make it to the daunting and impressive dessert barge he or she would have to configure their plate carefully and tread as lightly as possible.