How to use "daunting" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "daunting" in popular movie and book plots

  • She hopes to build a business around her psychic powers, but faces a daunting task of proving her abilities to a skeptical world.  - Seance (film)
  • With Raf safely returned to his ship, Dalgard faces the daunting prospect of returning to Homeport by himself.  - Star Born
  • She then appears to open her mouth into a large, daunting cave and, like the rabbit George saw as a boy, swallow him whole.  - Georgy Porgy (short story)
  • This time, Michael is faced with the daunting challenge of an upcoming spelling bee.  - Zen Ties
  • Their daunting task is not made easier by the fact that one of them, an officer, suffers from delirium tremens.  - My Joy
  • This task proves very daunting for Stonehill, who already works around the clock.  - Extraordinary Measures
  • House must solve this daunting puzzle, even while going to extreme measures to rid himself of his continuing hallucinations of Amber.  - Under My Skin (House)
  • One of the concerns is that Gull Island, a tiny island rendezvous in the Pacific is a daunting challenge for even the best navigator.  - Flight for Freedom
  • Five friends (Mert, Sinan, Gamze, Kaan and Uluç) are set to sit for the daunting nationwide university entry exam.  - The Exam
  • Aldrich turns up at a daunting rehearsal where he observes her frustration and takes her, with Coward, out to a nightclub.  - Star! (film)
  • It is a daunting task, searching the mostly unmapped interior of the "dark continent" for one man, but Stanley accepts the challenge.  - Stanley and Livingstone
  • Faced with the daunting task of rescuing her husband, Roja runs from pillar to post, pleading with politicians and the military for help.  - Roja
  • Claudio, however, is having trouble accepting this daunting role.  - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (comics)
  • She is given the daunting task of translating a horror novel into Chinese.  - Turn Left, Turn Right

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