dare say
Example Sentences
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I would never call my used car preowned, and if our company had layoffs, I wouldn’t dare say we were right-sizing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The fact that we’ve come around and, by the end of the show, I can’t even say back where we started, I dare say we are worse than where we started.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025
“I would not dare say that the secessionist movement is dead, but I can say that we are in a period where we don’t know what will come next,” he said.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024
"I daren't plug it in, but I dare say it would work."
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023
“It is nothing in comparison of Rosings, my lady, I dare say; but I assure you it is much larger than Sir William Lucas’s.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
