dare

Example Sentences

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I guess I’d like to be not quite as underrated — maybe even, dare I say, to be overrated.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"People don't dare to start something because it's expensive, and a lot of banks are reluctant to loan money to set up a proper business," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Granola that’s either stale — thin-sliced cardstock masquerading as crunch — or so aggressively hard it feels like a dare to your dental work.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Those postcards from the trenches still remind us that redemption—whatever we dare mean by it—begins in the answer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Then the Countess of Clovelly said to Nanny Pratt, “How dare you raise a hand—a weapon—to this defenseless child! Explain yourself at once, woman.”

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck