How do you use Dare in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like challenge or act, plus the exact meaning.
Dare in a sentence
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Dare meaning
- To have enough courage (to do something).
- To defy or challenge (someone to do something).
- To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
Using Dare
- The main meaning on this page is: To have enough courage (to do something). | To defy or challenge (someone to do something). | To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
- Useful related words include: challenge, act, move, daring.
- In the example corpus, dare often appears in combinations such as: dare to, dare say, how dare.
Context around Dare
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 4 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 4 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dare
- In this selection, "dare" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, joe, lincoln, dominic, die, admit and officer stand out and add context to how "dare" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on a dare and and dominic dare. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dare" sits close to words such as considerations, frequencies and hazardous, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dare
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Belly up if you dare. (5 words)
Dare to struggle, dare to win! (6 words)
According to reports, Mr Robbins allegedly jumped off the boat on a dare. (13 words)
Duni Hebron, a 20-year DNC attendee and real estate broker, told Salon that Chisholm's career and campaign created a "pathway for us to dare, to dare to become, to break down whatever barriers that's in the way" and shatter the glass ceiling. (45 words)
But I dare admit more people are starting to accept the charms of the tinned bean; it does make things easier and quicker, and it is what I have used in the recipe below. (34 words)
But in the modern world, whatever skin colour you have - whether by birth or design using makeup - there's a big chance you will offend someone if you dare to dress it up. (33 words)
Adjusting online scheduling will be easier than in-person scheduling, especially if people develop widgets to use with Zoom and other software, or – dare we hope? (26 words)
But the thing I made that got my family the most excited was an oven-roasted steak with mansion butter: simple, classic, and dare I say, primal? (27 words)
Choices, choices… do you dare to enter a strange and magical world and choose your own danger-packed adventure? (19 words)
Dare to struggle, dare to win! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
But I refuse to let this experience scare off other women who dare to take risks, who dare to step into this light, who dare to be powerful.
New Alvie coach Joe Dare has taken little time to turn the Swans into genuine contenders following the signing of Cobden trio Louis Robertson, Lincoln Dare and Dominic Dare.
The girls started to punch Adam saying 'don't you dare die Adam, don't you dare die.
Dare to struggle, dare to win!
Duni Hebron, a 20-year DNC attendee and real estate broker, told Salon that Chisholm's career and campaign created a "pathway for us to dare, to dare to become, to break down whatever barriers that's in the way" and shatter the glass ceiling.
Truth or Dare (PG-13): A harmless game among friends turns deadly when someone – or something – begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare.
According to reports, Mr Robbins allegedly jumped off the boat on a dare.
Adjusting online scheduling will be easier than in-person scheduling, especially if people develop widgets to use with Zoom and other software, or – dare we hope?
A more plausible explanation of satisfaction I don’t think people dare to answer such questions honestly.
And if you dare to try and inject that further into the brands that I love, then consider those brands dead.
Another woman — middle-aged, cracking jokes the whole way — was here on a dare.
Belly up if you dare.
But how dare you take away her right, her human right, to have a connection, a friendship, a relationship with someone else?" he began.
But I dare admit more people are starting to accept the charms of the tinned bean; it does make things easier and quicker, and it is what I have used in the recipe below.
But in the modern world, whatever skin colour you have - whether by birth or design using makeup - there's a big chance you will offend someone if you dare to dress it up.
But the thing I made that got my family the most excited was an oven-roasted steak with mansion butter: simple, classic, and dare I say, primal?
Catherine Elliott O’Dare is an Assistant Professor in Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin.
Chief Sunday Dare, Officer of the Federal Republic, OFR, has done well for Nigerian sports.
Choices, choices… do you dare to enter a strange and magical world and choose your own danger-packed adventure?
Colorado is a natural answer but a pair of — dare we say former?
Common combinations with dare
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: