A daunting man, dangerous in action and eager for it always. – Beowulf, Seamus Heaney (trans.) Lines 629-670: Beowulf has a reputation for bravery and fighting.
At the Centers for Disease Control, I rose up fairly quickly into management positions. The first team I led there included many people who had been my supervisors in previous roles or were more senior than I was. So it was kind of a daunting challenge. – Helene D. Gayle
