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

Those were not the young men to take a "dare" from a girl like her.

From Cowmen and Rustlers A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

"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 won't take a dare from anybody," Hervey shouted.

From Tom Slade's Double Dare by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)