dared

Example Sentences

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Wearing an eye mask fashioned out of a dollar bill with strategic holes cut in it, so as not to trip over Jeff Bezos, Paulson’s look dared to ask: “In this economy?”

From Salon • May 5, 2026

"I absolutely always hoped that I'd be able to make it to this level, but I don't think I dared to write it down," she says.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Freidenberg’s diaries reveal aspects of Soviet life that no one else dared to record, and shed light on the political system that, after Hannah Arendt, we have come to call totalitarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Ritchson, according to the source, attempted to defuse the situation after Taylor allegedly dared him to get physical.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

I threw up the window sash and leaned out as far into the cool night as I dared.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron