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Recent Examples of dauntless For most people, that dauntless endeavor would have been enough adventure for one lifetime. Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2024 Secretariat and Sea Biscuit are still the stuff of four-hoofed legend, dauntless and heroic. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 12 Sep. 2024 Czech Republic Jan Cerny, the designer of the Czech Republic’s dauntless uniforms, has excelled. Caoimhe O'Neill, The Athletic, 24 July 2024 So thank you for your sacrifices, your powerful voices, and your dauntless spirits. Dan Heching, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dauntless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dauntless
Adjective
  • In her latest book, Strong Ground, Brown makes a compelling case that we’re not wired for this level of uncertainty, and risk losing focus on the core values of courageous and sustainable leadership.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This was a fearless and courageous person.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lynne Ramsay‘s filmmaking approach involves quick thinking and fearless actors willing to trust her instincts — even when that means crawling through grass like animals with just 10 minutes’ notice.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The end result of their work is a rallying cry for filmmakers pushing against calcified thinking and conventional wisdom — and unsurprisingly, Pellington says that working on the documentary put him back in touch with the fearless twentysomething maverick inside of him.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Stay strong, be brave and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Willing-to-put-your-heart-on-the-line brave?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite the valiant efforts, catch-up hockey does not become them.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a Tigers team that was the American League’s best for much of the regular season enters an odd winter after a September and October of valiant effort but ultimately unfulfilled expectations.
    The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The heroic young girl Korero is descended from Aoteora (New Zealand) refugees, who are living on a sparse island that doesn’t draw attention from invaders.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • After that heroic moment, a fellow Blue Jays legend had one word to describe Springer’s performance.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And yet, welcoming that idea can shock the system because our popular conception of the American Revolution is so often encased in bloodless, gallant myth.
    Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The experience of secession, of war, of industrial slaughter and gallant sacrifice, of Black soldiery and humanity all reforged Lincoln into a stronger alloy.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Dauntless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dauntless. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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