I'd say at that particular period, life looked a little daunting.
This job may look daunting, but it can generally be done by an amateur in the space of an afternoon.
The top-seeded teams are all still playing, but to Rutgers, they do not look so daunting anymore.
On a recent Sunday visit, after the 90-or-so-minute drive from Manhattan, the line for admission looked daunting.
In the daylight they did not look quite so daunting, but they were ugly things nonetheless.
It looks daunting, but try starting to think about thr things that really natter, such as food.
He adjusted the controls, trying to bring it down to its lowest intensity, but even that looked daunting.
The bridge looks daunting, but its gradual climb is not particularly difficult.
The position of being Linda's girlfriend looked too daunting.