All 50 Uses of
daunt
in
Divergent
- Only the Dauntless ride them.†
Chpt 1
- In front of it is a large metal sculpture that the Dauntless climb after school, daring each other to go higher and higher.†
Chpt 1
- I could tell him I've been worried for weeks about what the aptitude test will tell me—Abnegation, Candor, Erudite, Amity, or Dauntless?†
Chpt 1
- I pause by a window in the E Wing and wait for the Dauntless to arrive.†
Chpt 1
- At exactly 7:5, the Dauntless prove their bravery by jumping from a moving train.†
Chpt 1
- My father calls the Dauntless "hellions."†
Chpt 1
- The test administrators are mostly Abnegation volunteers, although there is an Erudite in one of the testing rooms and a Dauntless in another to test those of us from Abnegation, because the rules state that we can't be tested by someone from our own faction.†
Chpt 2
- My gaze drifts from Susan to the Dauntless tables across the room.†
Chpt 2
- Two from Dauntless, two from Erudite, two from Amity, two from Candor, and then: "From Abnegation: Susan Black and Beatrice Prior."†
Chpt 2
- Susan grins nervously at me as she walks into room 5, and I walk into room 6, where a Dauntless woman waits for me.†
Chpt 2
- She is not as severe-looking as the young Dauntless I have seen.†
Chpt 2
- Not running from the dog suggests Dauntless, but so does taking the knife, which you didn't do.†
Chpt 3
- Yes and no. My conclusion," she explains, "is that you display equal aptitude for Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite.†
Chpt 3
- Dauntless.†
Chpt 3
- It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to them.†
Chpt 4
- "It said," my father says, "that Marcus's violence and cruelty toward his son is the reason his son chose Dauntless instead of Abnegation."†
Chpt 4
- Two years ago, Marcus's son, Tobias, left us for the Dauntless, and Marcus was devastated.†
Chpt 4
- It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great act of courage to choose Dauntless, and maybe just choosing one over the other will prove that I belong.†
Chpt 4
- Each one contains a substance that represents each faction: gray stones for Abnegation, water for Erudite, earth for Amity, lit coals for Dauntless, and glass for Candor.†
Chpt 5
- I should be observing the Dauntless; I should be taking in as much information as I can, but I can only stare at the lanterns across the room.†
Chpt 5
- Marcus stands at the podium between the Erudite and the Dauntless and clears his throat into the microphone.†
Chpt 5
- And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless.†
Chpt 5
- Abnegation has fulfilled our need for selfless leaders in government; Candor has provided us with trustworthy and sound leaders in law; Erudite has supplied us with intelligent teachers and researchers; Amity has given us understanding counselors and caretakers; and Dauntless provides us with protection from threats both within and without.†
Chpt 5
- James Tucker of the Dauntless is the first person to stumble on his way to the bowls.†
Chpt 5
- When he stands in the center, he looks from the Dauntless bowl to the Candor bowl—the orange flames that rise higher each moment, and the glass reflecting blue light.†
Chpt 5
- A mutter rises from the Dauntless section, and I stare at the floor.†
Chpt 5
- His Dauntless family will have the option of visiting him in his new faction, a week and a half from now on Visiting Day, but they won't, because he left them.†
Chpt 5
- Dauntless fire and Abnegation stones are both on my left, one in front of my shoulder and one behind.†
Chpt 5
- I TRAIN MY eyes on the floor and stand behind the Dauntless-born initiates who chose to return to their own faction.†
Chpt 6
- The Dauntless exit first.†
Chpt 6
- I spent all my time worrying about which faction I would choose and never considered what would happen if I chose Dauntless.†
Chpt 6
- What waits for me at Dauntless headquarters?†
Chpt 6
- The crowd of Dauntless leading us go to the stairs instead of the elevators.†
Chpt 6
- It is not a selfless act for the Dauntless to take the stairs; it is a wild act.†
Chpt 6
- I am breathless when we reach the first floor, and the Dauntless burst through the exit.†
Chpt 6
- The Dauntless sprawl across the street, blocking the path of a bus, and I sprint to catch up to the back of the crowd.†
Chpt 6
- I follow the Dauntless down the street and around the corner and hear a familiar sound: the train horn.†
Chpt 6
- It is good that I spent so much time watching the Dauntless arrive at school.†
Chpt 6
- The door of each car is open, waiting for the Dauntless to pile in, and they do, group by group, until only the new initiates are left.†
Chpt 6
- The Dauntless-born initiates are used to doing this by now, so in a second it's just faction transfers left.†
Chpt 6
- He just failed Dauntless initiation.†
Chpt 6
- "I guess we're going to Dauntless headquarters," I say, "but I don't know where that is."†
Chpt 6
- The train has slowed down in the past few minutes, and I see that the boy who shouted is right: The Dauntless in the cars ahead of us are jumping out as the train passes a rooftop.†
Chpt 6
- Christina will fit in with Dauntless thrill seekers.†
Chpt 6
- A Dauntless girl stands at the edge of the roof, staring at the ground below, screaming.†
Chpt 6
- Behind her a Dauntless boy holds her at the waist to keep her from falling off.†
Chpt 6
- And even the Dauntless aren't safe.†
Chpt 6
- Four sets his hand on my back and says, "Welcome to Dauntless."†
Chpt 6
- The Dauntless-born initiates are with me.†
Chpt 7
- She smiles and beckons toward the Dauntless-born initiates.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(daunt) to discourage or intimidate(editor's note: In this novel, you will see dauntless capitalized and used many times to refer to a group of people who most prize bravery.)