All 50 Uses of
daunt
in
Insurgent
- "There are supposed to be Dauntless guards here," says Marcus.†
Chpt 1
- I worked in the Dauntless control room, monitoring the security system.†
Chpt 1
- And"—she eyes Tobias and me—"they will likely not be enthusiastic about a Dauntless presence in our compound.†
Chpt 1
- I wonder, suddenly, how she knows that I am Dauntless.†
Chpt 1
- A Dauntless greeting.†
Chpt 1
- A few days ago, "Tobias" was a name only I knew, among the Dauntless; it was the piece of himself that he gave me.†
Chpt 1
- Outside Dauntless headquarters, I remember why he hid that name from the world.†
Chpt 1
- But I am not running through the streets of the city or the corridors of Dauntless headquarters.†
Chpt 2
- On it is the simulation data that controlled the Dauntless, and the record of what the Erudite did.†
Chpt 2
- The Dauntless have holidays of their own, I assume, but I don't know what they are.†
Chpt 2
- Her brother, Robert, chose Amity when I chose Dauntless, so he is somewhere in this compound.†
Chpt 2
- "The Dauntless wear their hair down, right?" she says.†
Chpt 2
- I miss the way my footsteps echoed in the Dauntless compound; I miss the cool underground air.†
Chpt 2
- I can only hear pieces of what they say: "Peace—Dauntless—Erudite—safe house—involvement—"†
Chpt 2
- We will report this to Erudite, Candor, and Dauntless as soon as we can.†
Chpt 2
- Tell me he's some kind of Dauntless prodigy," says Caleb.†
Chpt 3
- But yes, Four is some kind of Dauntless prodigy.†
Chpt 3
- "Abnegation, Dauntless," I say, "and Erudite."†
Chpt 4
- It's hard to say, because the Dauntless simulations were supposed to end when we had calmed down.†
Chpt 4
- There may not be any Erudite or Dauntless traitors around, but it still feels weird, talking about it in public like this.†
Chpt 4
- Did the Dauntless teach you that it's all right to invade another person's privacy, or did you teach yourself?†
Chpt 5
- I getup, and as he tilts his head back to address his chin with the razor, I wrap my arms around him, pressing my forehead to his back where the Dauntless tattoo peeks out from beneath his shirt.†
Chpt 6
- I can't help but remember the look in his eyes as he held me over the chasm by my throat or slammed me against the wall in the Dauntless compound.†
Chpt 6
- If I had, I wouldn't have helped you in the Dauntless compound.†
Chpt 6
- Peace between Amity and Dauntless can only happen when we maintain our distance from each other.†
Chpt 6
- And about fifteen in Dauntless black.†
Chpt 7
- When the Dauntless come closer, I see strips of blue fabric wrapped around their arms that can only signify their allegiance to Erudite.†
Chpt 7
- Stiff," I say, cringing as I say the word that was my nickname in Dauntless.†
Chpt 7
- A pair of Dauntless traitors stand by the door to the dining hall, their guns in hand, and I stiffen.†
Chpt 7
- It feels real to me, suddenly, that I am unarmed and being herded into a building surrounded by Erudite and Dauntless, and if they discover me, there will be nowhere to run.†
Chpt 7
- We hang on each other the way Amity girls do, glancing at the Dauntless and then giggling again.†
Chpt 7
- "Our Erudite and Dauntless friends are looking for some people," Johanna says.†
Chpt 7
- Several members of Abnegation, three members of Dauntless, and a former Erudite initiate.†
Chpt 7
- "Three of you stick around," the woman says to the Dauntless guards clustered by the entrance.†
Chpt 7
- I feel my pulse behind my eyes as the three Dauntless soldiers who stayed behind pace up and down the rows of tables.†
Chpt 7
- It can only be a Dauntless one.†
Chpt 7
- The Dauntless woman walking toward him looks at him right away.†
Chpt 7
- Tobias grabs the Dauntless woman by the back of her neck and wrenches her to her feet.†
Chpt 7
- He uses her to shield him as he fires over her right shoulder at the Dauntless soldier across the room.†
Chpt 7
- A Dauntless man at the end of the aisle aims his own revolver at me.†
Chpt 7
- He holds it in both hands and fires at the knees of the Dauntless man who stands just feet away from him.†
Chpt 7
- The Dauntless man screams and collapses, his hands clutching his leg, which gives Tobias the opportunity to shoot him in the head.†
Chpt 7
- Tobias still has the Dauntless woman by the throat, but this time, he aims his gun at the Erudite woman.†
Chpt 7
- We stay away from the dirt road the Erudite and Dauntless took to get to the Amity compound, following the train tracks toward the city.†
Chpt 7
- I didn't realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going.†
Chpt 7
- All faction clothing is represented in the group before me: black Candor pants paired with black Dauntless shirts, yellow dresses with blue sweatshirts over them.†
Chpt 8
- They're Dauntless.†
Chpt 8
- Then I recognize him: he is Edward, a fellow initiate who left Dauntless after Peter attacked him with a butter knife.†
Chpt 8
- It could be Drew or Molly, who failed Dauntless initiation—but they didn't even know Tobias's real name, and besides, Edward probably would have killed them by now, judging by how ready he was to shoot us.†
Chpt 8
- I feel at home, in the dark and the quiet that are like the tunnels in Dauntless headquarters.†
Chpt 8
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.)