dare
verb (used without object)
to have the necessary courage or boldness for something; be bold enough.
dared
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past participleof dare.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dare.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dareverb (used without object)to have the necessary courage or boldness for something; be bold enough.
Example Sentences
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And yet, Anderson’s “Resident Evil” has always been the butt of the joke, brushed off largely because his movies dared to be different when people wanted more of the same.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
She smiles through her tears as she says: "Now I've just dared to dream that I might be around to see them fall in love, to get married."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Now, Parker dared Gorsuch to take his “property,” announcing, “I intend to fight.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"No one had ever dared do that," said political scientist Luis Salamanca, who noted that up until recently, such statements would have invited harsh political repression.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“He was always puttering with things, taking them apart, putting them back together. When he was around nothing ever broke. Nothing ever dared to break.”
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
