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
“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 saw a post about Hitler being a narcissist. I dare say that was the least of his problems."
From Salon • May 9, 2024
Say stuff in public some of her colleagues would only ever dare say in private.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023
“Well, sir,” returned one of them, bending down and touching me on the shoulder, “this is a matter that you’ll soon arrange, I dare say, but you’re arrested.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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