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

Aldo Cranchi may have been daring with the Mediterran�e 47, but he didn't stint when it came to the details, like the very slick Bimini top.

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

Titles and pensions have been freely bestowed by English kings and parliaments on men who have been daring and successful in Britain's cause.

From Young Lion of the Woods A Story of Early Colonial Days by Smith, Thomas Barlow