DARE in a Sentence

Learn DARE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
259 example sentences for DARE, such as:
1. Don't you dare lay a finger on me.
2. I wouldn't dare to guess at her age.
3. He dare not tell us his evil conduct.
4. I wonder if he dare stand up to his boss.
5. That is true, and don't you dare contradict.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DARE
dare
 v.  to be courageous enough to try or do something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I did not dare return to the apartment which I inhabited, but felt impelled to hurry on, although drenched by the rain which poured from a black and comfortless sky.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  Now, dear Victor, I dare say you wish to be indulged in a little gossip concerning the good people of Geneva.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
3  But that would be a cruel kindness, and I dare not do it.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  You may give up your purpose, but mine is assigned to me by heaven, and I dare not.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
5  I dare not ask you to do what I think right, for I may still be misled by passion.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
6  He did not know what he was talking of, I dare say; ten to one but he was light-headed at the time.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
7  Perhaps in the spring, if I have plenty of money, as I dare say I shall, we may think about building.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
8  Ay, you will make conquests enough, I dare say, one way or other.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
9  He was afraid of catching cold I dare say, and invented this trick for getting out of it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
10  Perhaps it is about Miss Williams and, by the bye, I dare say it is, because he looked so conscious when I mentioned her.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
11  YOUR competence and MY wealth are very much alike, I dare say; and without them, as the world goes now, we shall both agree that every kind of external comfort must be wanting.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
12  However, I dare say we should have seen a great deal of him in Somersetshire, if it had not happened very unluckily that we should never have been in the country together.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
13  Oh, no; but if mama had not objected to it, I dare say he would have liked it of all things.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
14  I dare say you are, and I am sure I do not at all wonder at it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
15  You know his hand, I dare say, a charming one it is; but that is not written so well as usual.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
Example Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1  He was in a snit this morning and I didn't dare approach him.
2  Mike gave him such a severe look he didn't dare argue.
3  He didn't quite dare to imagine himself as a real artist.
4  Too much commitment to slip away from the fingers dare ask what.
5  That is true, and don't you dare contradict.
6  God is Love, I dare say, but what a mischievous devil Love is.
7  A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.
8  I wonder if he dare stand up to his boss.
9  He dare not tell us his evil conduct.
10  Know that you are ten thousand person of light which dare to expect you just shine for me.
11  Don't you dare lay a finger on me.
12  You will not be an untalented guy,if you dare to let your dreams fly.
13  I wouldn't dare to guess at her age.
14  I ,dare say you 'are British but you still need a passport to prove it.
15  The Labour party's draft document, which it did not dare to publish, refers to London policing functions.