daren't
AmericanExample Sentences
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An audio reader daren’t go flat, for fear of droning on and boring the listener, but as this audiobook shows, excessive buoyancy also carries a risk.
I daren’t put the light on, though, so I feel my way across the room.
From Literature
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But I daren’t ask in case she went and said something to someone that would somehow get back to Kekeli’s perfect little ears.
From Literature
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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.”
From Los Angeles Times
He doesn't know how many of the keys are still relevant but he daren't throw any away.
From BBC
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