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Example sentences for "dare"

Lexicographically close words:
daran; darauf; daraus; darbies; dard; dared; daredevil; darem; darena; darent
  1. I dare say Locke and Newton were very like Kneller's portraits of them.

  2. Indeed, so little can children judge of the beauty of those they love, that I dare say she might have thought her dear teacher quite handsome if she had not heard everybody speak of her as "that homely Miss Pike.

  3. That sounded dreadful, but I dare say was not as bad as it seemed.

  4. Look me in the face and dare to say you have never loved me.

  5. Often would Miss Le Smyrger come upon her there, and sometimes would pass her even without a word; but never--never once did she dare to ask of the matter of her thoughts.

  6. Well, yes; there's that resource at any rate, and for your sake I dare say I should be more civil to him than papa.

  7. In the first interview, he did not dare speak of their love at all.

  8. Your idea is quite right," answered Darius, "but what I know I dare not tell.

  9. Then how dare you ask me to be your wife?

  10. It's not many young men," said he, "who would dare to make such a confession.

  11. As she did not dare question his genius, she remained silent.

  12. I suppressed a gasp of surprise for I instantly recognized the fireman of the Jupiter!

  13. I might not see you in the morning, and I want to tell you about--er--a lady who will be coming here in the afternoon.

  14. Taking one long stride he stooped upon the Chinaman, seized him by the back of the neck as a terrier might seize a rat, and lifted him to his feet.

  15. But Fate had an oddly bitter moment in store for him.

  16. We dare not give him an opportunity to betray us.

  17. Having made you our confidant we dare not jeopardize our lives by allowing you your liberty.

  18. If, however, he declines to join us, we dare run no risk.

  19. I dare say it's not an easy thing to stop those blighters, but I've faith in the justice of God.

  20. Pains and penalties were threatened against any newspaper which should dare to publish a word of military information beyond the official communiqués issued in order to hide the truth.

  21. No Boche would dare to poke the beak of his engine above the housetops.

  22. Whenever there was time to establish discipline, the men were well behaved, and did not dare to disobey the orders of their chiefs.

  23. Who shall name Him And dare to say, 'I believe in Him'?

  24. But one day there shall come another mightier than he; But I dare not name his name.

  25. Will Ford, did you dare go snooping in my room?

  26. You are entitled to a reward--" "Don't you dare mention it!

  27. Oh, I dare say I can stand it," murmured Grace.

  28. However great their anger or the desire to kill me might have been, none dare lay the finger of harm upon me.

  29. They wishing to appear as not at all fearful of us, commenced dancing, and singing loudly, still they dare not meet us in the field.

  30. We dare not look forward to an opportunity of escape, so often had we been doomed to disappointment.

  31. We had not proceeded far, before our path was intersected by a chasm at least thirty feet wide, and of greater depth than we could ascertain, at the nearest distance we dare approach.

  32. I dare say that's the press at work," said Warrender in a whisper, after they had listened for a few minutes.

  33. We have heard something, but I dare say it's just talk, you know.

  34. I dare say distance lends enchantment to the view; no doubt it's a pretty dismal place inside; but the sunlight makes a gorgeous effect with those old walls.

  35. He wears a red waistcoat, so I dare say he has blue socks.

  36. Oh, well, you're lord of the manor; I dare say you're right to look the part.

  37. I dare say you haven't sold a box of these since last season.

  38. I dare say you'll be surprised to hear it, but it wouldn't be fair to you to keep it a secret; Mr. Pratt is my uncle.

  39. Only when they had gained the shelter of the thicket did they dare to pause for a moment to consult the compass.

  40. I dare say the place teems with rabbits, and there are plenty of fellows besides Rush who'd be glad of getting their dinner for nothing, and would want to keep other people out of their preserves.

  41. I dare say Rush is playing some game of his own with one of the underlings.

  42. Well, I dare say she chose the pick of the bunch.

  43. I dare say he's been spying out on our camp from the north end.

  44. I dare say we could find out the man's name.

  45. I dare say he made tons of money out of rabbits in the lean time during the war; skinned them and the shop people too!

  46. As we had made a shorter stage yesterday than I intended to have done, and the quantity of flour we had now remaining was very small, I did not dare to make use of any this morning, and we commenced our journey without breakfast.

  47. I spent great part of the day in charting, and took a few angles from the tent, but did not dare to venture far away.

  48. I shall never dare to be alone in the dark again.

  49. How dare you meddle with the places I choose to keep closed?

  50. Why, I live mostly upon dry toast; hardly dare touch an ounce of meat in a day.

  51. I can't go on by myself; I dare not," she said, turning her frightened face towards us.

  52. Oliver, who did not dare to absent himself without permission, and perhaps was too conscientious to do so, left his chair for the window.

  53. I dare say Barbary could not afford to entertain him unless he did.

  54. When you hear from him, as you most likely will in a day or two, I dare say he will tell you he was called away unexpectedly, and had to go at once.

  55. But I dare not break the rules, sir; I might lose my place.

  56. I told you to pull up, Sam; how dare you disobey me and drive on in that way?

  57. I dare say he pays Barbary well for the accommodation.

  58. When I tell you this is my only son, except the child, how dare you dispute my word?

  59. I dare say he told the truth--he looked peaked, and was a great deal the worse for the dinner next day, I remember.

  60. I may be laid up for what you care, as I dare say I shall--and a pretty doctor's bill there'll be.

  61. And who dare say that the Angel of that child "always beholding the face of the Father in Heaven," did not stand beside her then, and teach her in faint shadow-ings the mystery of a life to come?

  62. I tell you this plainly; though I tell you, at the same time, that if you dare to seek me there, or drag me thence.

  63. How dare you order me about in this manner!

  64. Who will dare to tell us we should paint that?

  65. I dare not tell you, for you might tell papa and grandmamma, and they would be angry.

  66. But if you dare to tell him anything more, I will hunt you through the world, but I will be revenged.

  67. Woman as I am, I will dare all things--endure all things.

  68. How dare you suffer Lyle Derwent to kneel at your feet?

  69. I dare say she has gone through great poverty--sold one thing after another to keep her alive.

  70. I suppose the stuff is good, when all is said and done--though I don't dare to think it can be.

  71. Could she dare entrust her whole chance of future happiness to the strength of her reason in the moment of its greatest trial?

  72. The instinct in me against such a marriage is so strong that I dare not go against it.

  73. Don't you dare to move six inches from me, Rhoda.

  74. I had never laughed and cried in all my life, I dare say--not even to her--more freely than I did that morning.

  75. I do not hold one natural gift, I dare say, that I have not abused.

  76. I dare say ours is likely to be a rather long engagement, but our motto is 'Wait and hope!

  77. Happy they would have been, I dare say, if they could have dismissed me at a month's warning too.

  78. How dare you to insinuate that you don't know my character better than your words imply?

  79. You'll be glad to spend another shilling or so, in almond cakes, I dare say?

  80. I dare say no words she could have uttered, would have affected me so much, then, as her calling me her child.

  81. If, therefore, from this Moment more you dare to let me know one Thought of Love, though in the humblest Stile, expect to be a Sacrifice to him you attempt to wrong.

  82. Madam, you have made me so fool-hardy, I dare do any thing.

  83. You alone, Don John de Alvarada, seeming ignorant of my Vows, dare traverse my Amour.

  84. Is it then possible, after all, that you dare think of downright lawful Wedlock?

  85. Dare you not trust then, Sir, the Thing you love?

  86. But Marriage has sunk me down to such an Ebb of Resolution, I dare not draw my Sword, tho' even to get rid of my Wife.

  87. The Parson, I dare swear, will never flinch from his.

  88. Did you but know that Fop you dare to term so, his very Looks wou'd fright you into nothing.

  89. Come, Madam, dare you venture yourself alone with me?

  90. Hold the Glass; I dare swear that will have more Manners than you have.

  91. But tho' he dare not challenge me, perhaps he may venture to challenge his Wife.

  92. Now I dare swear, he thinks you had 'em at great Command, they obey'd you so readily.

  93. For I know thee not, being utterly in the dark about thee; and I dare not stay beside thee, not knowing who thou art.

  94. And I exclaimed: Nay, nay, dare not to dream of fire, for how knowest thou he is dead?

  95. For he will not dare openly to carry her away, at least for a little while, and in the interval, I will remove her secretly myself.

  96. And now I dare not tell her who I am, for that would be utter ruin, since doubtless rumour has told her all about me.

  97. But I hardly dare interrupt the priest, who came to her at her special request.

  98. You--in your first year out of the Corps--doing what not one of us dare do!

  99. But Madame Dravikine held them all in awe, and before her they did not dare the protest that their Princess might have listened to.

  100. Ivan longed but did not dare to inquire about her.

  101. But it is cowardly nations only, those who dare not wield the sword, that revenge themselves with the lurking dagger.

  102. How dare you to question me in this manner?

  103. Law was a Protestant, and the regent, unscrupulous as he was himself, did not dare publicly to outrage the severe edicts which Louis XIV.

  104. It might be a gauntlet of defiance, to dare me to the enterprise.

  105. Who could dare or bear to look on God if we saw Him as He is face to face?

  106. He dare not obey God, when obeying God is dangerous and unpleasant.

  107. If it is not from God, let it go; but if it is from God, which we know it is, how dare we disobey it?

  108. Cortez, who was helping the rear forded the gap on horseback, and hurried on to find a third and larger canal which no one dare cross.

  109. If one knows that, one can dare and do anything.

  110. He calls to you to come and serve Him loyally and gratefully--dare you refuse Him--The Maker and King of this glorious world?

  111. How dare he stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed?

  112. He dare not do anything but forgive them.

  113. Now is there any one of you who dare say, "I wish I had not been christened?

  114. And she was in his eyes not merely a suppliant pleading for mercy, but a prophetess declaring to him a divine law which he dare not resist.

  115. Perhaps he is ashamed of it, and dare not speak of it, even to himself.

  116. God in heaven should say one thing, and a human being, six feet high at most, should dare to do another!


  117. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dare" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    dare not; dare say; dare swear; dare venture; dare well; dared not