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
Buoyed by a youthful sense of invincibility, they dared one another to leap, waiting for another to move, like emperor penguin chicks before a first arctic plunge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"It is truly my dearest wish that this opens the way for other women who might not have dared until now," the 59-year-old, who lives in Anglet in southwestern France, said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Even the most patchouli-infested precincts of the most fervently peacenik campuses would not have dared to hope for what the two leaders tried to agree to: full elimination of nuclear arms on both sides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
They went as slow and as close as they dared, past Turtle Beach and round the point of Frigate Bird Cliffs.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
