On the way to the Hall, Dave told his story in detail, and exhibited the photograph, which he had brought with him, scarcely daring to leave it out of his sight.
Scarcely daring to breathe, they watched Shadow move around in an uncertain way, touching this object and that, and opening and shutting several closet doors, and even poking into the chimney-place.
He waited, scarcely daring to breathe, until the half-closed door opened, and his father stood before him, smiling in welcome.
Tremulous with suspense, Rose waited, scarcely daring to breathe until Madame turned with a cry of joy, the receiver falling from her nerveless hand.
He could scarcely think, could hardly gather his wits, and stood there for some seconds scarcely daring to breathe.
A second later the native boat drew opposite, and both lay as if glued to the ground, scarcely daring to breathe lest the sound should be heard.
He waited fully a minute, scarcely daring to breathe, but decided at the end of that time that the noise made by the falling key had not been heard.
Slowly, carefully, holding weapons and torches ready, they crept from shadow to shadow, scarcely daring to breathe, fearing they would make a sound.
While thus she sat, she fancied she heard again an odd sound from the gallery, and she listened, scarcely daring to breathe, but the increasing voices below overcame every other sound.
He waited, scarcely daring to breathe; his heart thumped against his ribs, he heard its thuds.
For a fortnight he had been on constant guard, scarcely daring to sleep, for nameless tortures would have been his fate if he had allowed the prisoner to escape, or even if he had been found absent from his post.
Scarcely daring to breathe, he stood in the passage for what seemed hours, ready to flee or to fight as the moment might require.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scarcely daring" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
