have been daring
- present perfect progressive of dare.
Example Sentences
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Though the movie promises to tell a culturally and politically specific story, what could have been daring is ultimately trite, relying on familiar music biopic tropes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
He also gave the chorus a vital role that would have been daring even by the standards of French opera.
From Time Magazine Archive
But to say otherwise in his lifetime would have been daring if not foolish.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
That was nothing against them, certainly, and they must have been daring fellows to push their hunt for gold so far beyond any region known to such hunters.
From The Talking Leaves An Indian Story by Stoddard, William Osborn
"Sire," replied the Duke of Montausier, "I have been daring enough to receive him in my apartments."
From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
