Example Sentences

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"I think we asked four times, and I wouldn't have dared to ask them again."

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

“And yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater.”

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

“These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power and yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater. Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

In those days very few companies, least of all life and health insurers, would have dared to engage in self-effacing humor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Ron told Malfoy to do something that Harry knew he would never have dared say in front of Mrs. Weasley.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling