take a dare

Example Sentences

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A newlywed pair in 1959 Florida did take a dare from a radio station and spent their two-week honeymoon underground, where the radio station and her parents called them up too many times a day.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2022

"I don't know where to begin, but I'm not old enough yet not to take a dare."

From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Nason, Frank Lewis

"I supposed you imagined me one of those gun-fighters who couldn't take a dare and expected me to ride up to your camp and be arrested."

From The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border by Grey, Zane

"I didn't," she said; "but they dared me to ask you, and I wouldn't take a dare, would you?"

From The Honorable Percival by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

"I never take a dare," returned her husband, and snatched my other hand.

From Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Garrison, Adele