English example sentences with "daunt"

"Nor in my madness kept my purpose low, / but vowed, if e'er should happier chance invite, / and bring me home a conqueror, even so / my comrade's death with vengeance to requite. / My words aroused his wrath; thence evil's earliest blight. / Thenceforth Ulysses sought with slanderous tongue / to daunt me, scattering in the people's ear / dark hints, and looked for partners of his wrong; / nor rested, till with Calchas' aid, the seer..."

'As oft, to daunt them, in the act to fly, / storms lashed the deep, and Southern gales withstand.'

The prospect was almost enough to daunt her.

I won't let any personal defeat daunt me.