- present participle of dare.
daring
Example Sentences
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An Australian aviation crew has carried out a daring midwinter mission to rescue a US expedition member from a station in Antarctica in freezing temperatures and total darkness.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I can be more daring in English. I can say the words or verbalize the thoughts with much less inhibition, because I am not as emotionally attached,” he explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The most daring, the most violent, the "person in the top gear", as one 23-year-old put it, has a chance -- albeit slim -- of rising through the ranks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The fusion of financial success and creative daring also defined the parallel world of independent cinema in the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
My heart palpitated in the sickness of fear, and I hurried on with irregular steps, not daring to look about me:
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Vocabulary lists containing daring
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