How to Use dare in a Sentence

dare

1 of 2 verb

• She dared him to dive off the bridge.
• Try it if you dare.
• We wanted to laugh but didn't dare.
• She dared me to ask him out on a date. I did, and he said yes.
• The actress dared a new interpretation of the classic role.
• How dare your friends want to drop by and chat?
  — Liana Finck, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
• Few of his peers would dare to do the same.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
• None of us dared make even a breath of a sound.
  — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
• First of all, Sascha, how dare you?
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 June 2026
• Where do the lines get drawn—and who dares to cross them?
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
• Love dares us to come to the table.
  — Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
• See the daring walk in the video above.
  — Christina Cardona, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• How dare he and also do it again, okay?
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
• Nobody around dared speak or shout.
  — Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
• Kotevska’s fine film dares to hope not.
  — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
• Critics haven’t dared sit through this yet.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2026
• But few dare to put their actions where their mouth is.
  — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• When your head hits the soft pillow, dare to dream again.
  — Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
• Some models even dare to break the rules of size and shape.
  — María Munsuri, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2025
• This full moon cracks open your throat chakra and dares you to speak from the heart.
  — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 2 Nov. 2025
• Now, Spain is daring to dream again.
  — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
• But Dubas likely wouldn’t dare.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
• Live life to the full and be daring, be yourself.
  — Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Their mother had dared their father to crash the car.
  — Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
• Coleman was known for her daring stunt tricks in the air.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
• Will terrorists dare to cross busy bike lanes?
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
• Over the past decade, almost no one has dared to follow him.
  — Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
• Do not dare try to look at it with your bare eyes or sunglasses!
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
• Our group would like to dare these business men to retract their farms!
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2023
• But this daring approach comes with risks.
  — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

dare

2 of 2 noun

• In her voice, khalvat is a joke, a dare, and a fact.
  — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
• Past that, the ride is open to anyone willing to take the dare.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• So what does a coach with such a remarkable record dare chase next?
  — Harvey Araton, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2016
• The truths were just as wild as the dares and these actors were more than ready to play.
  — Allie Gemmill, Teen Vogue, 5 Apr. 2019
• But the kick of its first six songs is that Swift invites the dare.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• Iron Mike Tyson is not one to back down from any fight – or any dare.
  — Scott Boeck, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
• The Australian had swallowed a live slug on a dare back then.
  — Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2018
• The dare took a cold turn when the chair stopped sliding and the student fell through the ice.
  — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
• Only the bravest dare to drink water from the tap, people joke.
  — NBC News, 16 May 2021
• Vari not only took the dare, she was promptly hired to perform there three nights a week.
  — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017
• The recipe for the Industry Sour sounds like a dare.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 30 May 2026
• One side will be labeled with a truth which must be answered, or a dare which must be performed.
  — Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2019
• Don Cheadle isn't one to turn down a dare from George Clooney.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2022
• The boys from Köpenick, the idiot with the army greatcoat who stabbed his own leg on a dare.
  — Hari Kunzru, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
• The player must complete the dare inside when a balloon pops or claim their treat.
  — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
• Mark Thompson says the idea began as a joke, then became a dare, then a quest.
  — Dallas News, 11 June 2021
• After the Covid years, the desire to move, explore, and dare has surged.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• And the right kind of drag is when a straight man does it as a gag, a dare or a humiliation.
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• But the dangerous surf didn't stop a few dare-devil surfers from catching a last-minute wave.
  — CBS News, 29 May 2018
• To up the guy in your life's game night fun, do a dare when the green blocks are pulled and ask a truth when the wood ones are chosen.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 11 Aug. 2022
• Next, Joel chose to also do a dare, and was tasked with making up a country song on the spot.
  — Brianna Wiest, Teen Vogue, 2 July 2018
• Some are smothered in that nuclear rub, the equivalent of a stag-do dare.
  — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 30 June 2026
• The risk is obvious and none of the knights at Arthur’s table dare accept.
  — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
• But Reaves’ show continues through the end of May, so there’s time yet to take on her dare.
  — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
• If anyone goes near the corpse on a dare or out of curiosity, they’ll be met with cries of distress.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2022
• After a round of rock paper scissors to see who would go first, Joey agreed to begin with a dare.
  — Brianna Wiest, Teen Vogue, 2 July 2018
• But a stroll alone on the grounds of this Gothic Revival cathedral at night is more of a dare.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2019
• The adjacent brink provides just the right dare-you-to-jump height for youngsters to leap into the plunge pool.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018
• His latest plan to expand the programs is a cheeky dare to the GOP.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2023
• Each drive felt like a dare, each call a flex of newfound freedom — the swagger of a team once left for dead at 0-4.
  — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025