daren't

[dair-uhnt]

1. contraction of dare not.

Example Sentences

In their Plaza suite, they smoke cigarettes, read newspapers, watch themselves on TV and mess with the film crew, forcing them through the fourth wall: “There’s a woman there, you see,” says McCartney, “with a little microphone, see, and she daren’t talk.”

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He doesn't know how many of the keys are still relevant but he daren't throw any away.

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"My husband started to put lights up in September and I daren't think how much I've spent on decorations over the years," Mrs Firth said.

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"Pricing jobs is guesswork now. You go to some jobs blind - you wake up in the morning, things have gone up but you daren't go back to the customer because you might lose the job."

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"I'm saying what you want me to say. You daren't say it. So if I don't say it, you've not got a voice."

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