How to Use dare in a Sentence

dare

1 of 2 verb
Definition of darenext
Synonyms for darenext
  • She dared him to dive off the bridge.
  • Try it if you dare.
  • We wanted to laugh but didn't dare.
  • She dared me to ask him out on a date. I did, and he said yes.
  • The actress dared a new interpretation of the classic role.
  • Best of luck to those brave souls who dare to do it all.
    — Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Would the Angels dare to move him down in the batting order?
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
  • His falls to the floor in daring collapses came out of nowhere.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Be proactive near the 10th, when your ruler, Jupiter, has your back, and dare to dream and follow through near the 12th.
    — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Aug. 2023
  • No one dares to be old—and yet Youth is not sooner come than it is gone.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
  • Today, nobody would dare try to open a store like that.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • So dare to be different this year and mix it up in style!
    — Theresa Johnson, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The best episodes dare him to inhabit the two at once, heretic and Talmudist.
    — Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Our group would like to dare these business men to retract their farms!
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2023
  • In the clip, the daytime talk show host, 48, and her guest, Michelle Pfeiffer, are playing a game of truth or dare.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Do not dare try to look at it with your bare eyes or sunglasses!
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Of the handful who remained, few dared venture out onto the street.
    — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The couple has not dared to refurbish the basement as planned.
    — John Muyskens, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Two weeks passed until a DNA match confirmed what no one dared say out loud.
    — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The model doesn't shy away from daring silhouettes, such as the lace dress.
    — Jessica Scemama, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2023
  • For the Jayhawks, it’s been a bit of bad luck mixed with a defensive scheme that dares bad shooters to take shots.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The Swaddle Up by Love to Dream is for those who dare to dream of another way to swaddle.
    — Samson McDougall, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Thank God for Skye, who tries to spice things up by daring Belly to kiss Jeremiah.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 28 July 2023
  • Maybe someone will even dare to wear the Rick Owens inflatable boots.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The lyrics even appear on-screen, as if daring the audience to sing along.
    — Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • And the big set-piece of the second half — a daring prison escape — is barely depicted at all.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The video culminates with Amy Schumer daring Madonna to go on tour and perform her four decades of hits.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2023
  • Seeing it in person, daring isn’t exactly the word that comes to mind.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The first aviatrixes had to be daring, maybe even a bit reckless.
    — Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • And hordes of social media warriors stand ready to attack the next brand daring to follow in the footsteps of Bud Light.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
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dare

2 of 2 noun
  • And the rest of the movie follows through on that self-dare.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2016
  • But the kick of its first six songs is that Swift invites the dare.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The dare took a cold turn when the chair stopped sliding and the student fell through the ice.
    — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Past that, the ride is open to anyone willing to take the dare.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The truths were just as wild as the dares and these actors were more than ready to play.
    — Allie Gemmill, Teen Vogue, 5 Apr. 2019
  • How long will Ms Lightfoot dare to face down the union?
    — A.r. | Chicago, The Economist, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The Australian had swallowed a live slug on a dare back then.
    — Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2018
  • The boys from Köpenick, the idiot with the army greatcoat who stabbed his own leg on a dare.
    — Hari Kunzru, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
  • Iron Mike Tyson is not one to back down from any fight – or any dare.
    — Scott Boeck, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Don Cheadle isn't one to turn down a dare from George Clooney.
    — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2022
  • His latest plan to expand the programs is a cheeky dare to the GOP.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2023
  • A key part of the plan is a dare to the communities in which the lynchings took place.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 23 Aug. 2016
  • To up the guy in your life's game night fun, do a dare when the green blocks are pulled and ask a truth when the wood ones are chosen.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Only the bravest dare to drink water from the tap, people joke.
    — NBC News, 16 May 2021
  • But Reaves’ show continues through the end of May, so there’s time yet to take on her dare.
    — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • If that was a dare on Trump's part to Democrats, their voters appear to have called him on it.
    — Edward Morrissey, TheWeek, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The risk is obvious and none of the knights at Arthur’s table dare accept.
    — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Roughly a third of the Chrysler products from the past 30 years are a result of a double-dog dare.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2020
  • But a stroll alone on the grounds of this Gothic Revival cathedral at night is more of a dare.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2018
  • So what does a coach with such a remarkable record dare chase next?
    — Harvey Araton, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2016
  • Emma Stone accepting a dance dare on The Ellen Show in 2012.
    — Sarah Lindig, Marie Claire, 31 July 2016
  • Next, Joel chose to also do a dare, and was tasked with making up a country song on the spot.
    — Brianna Wiest, Teen Vogue, 2 July 2018
  • Mark Thompson says the idea began as a joke, then became a dare, then a quest.
    — Dallas News, 11 June 2021
  • Then on a dare, both decided to divide it … and eat it.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
  • And the right kind of drag is when a straight man does it as a gag, a dare or a humiliation.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In 2011 — acting on a dare from his teammates in the Arizona Fall League — Mikolas ate a live lizard in the bullpen.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 July 2018
  • Vari not only took the dare, she was promptly hired to perform there three nights a week.
    — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Then the siblings would call out a number between 1 and 10 at the same time, and if the numbers matched, Corey had to complete the dare.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Brad Penny’s $500 dare to attempt to drink a gallon of milk in less than an hour.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Have you been caught up in the Tide Pod Challenge, the latest viral dare sweeping the nation?
    — Gabrielle Bruney, Esquire, 13 Jan. 2018

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