Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I will beard her just to show you I am not at all afraid of her.'

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew

I will beard the lion in his den—that is, your stepmother.

From Driven from Home, or Carl Crawford's Experience by Alger, Horatio

Octavius, you will beard me then, The elder consul and old Marius' friend; And these Italian freemen must be wrong'd.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

"I will beard the old cat——" "Hush, not so disrespectful; she was my wife."

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

If you will beard the lion in his den, the risk will be yours, not his!”

From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Weyman, Stanley John