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.
• Best of luck to those brave souls who dare to do it all.
  — Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Would the Angels dare to move him down in the batting order?
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
• His falls to the floor in daring collapses came out of nowhere.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• Be proactive near the 10th, when your ruler, Jupiter, has your back, and dare to dream and follow through near the 12th.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Aug. 2023
• No one dares to be old—and yet Youth is not sooner come than it is gone.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
• Today, nobody would dare try to open a store like that.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• So dare to be different this year and mix it up in style!
  — Theresa Johnson, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
• The best episodes dare him to inhabit the two at once, heretic and Talmudist.
  — Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• Our group would like to dare these business men to retract their farms!
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2023
• In the clip, the daytime talk show host, 48, and her guest, Michelle Pfeiffer, are playing a game of truth or dare.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• Do not dare try to look at it with your bare eyes or sunglasses!
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
• Of the handful who remained, few dared venture out onto the street.
  — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• The couple has not dared to refurbish the basement as planned.
  — John Muyskens, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• Two weeks passed until a DNA match confirmed what no one dared say out loud.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• The model doesn't shy away from daring silhouettes, such as the lace dress.
  — Jessica Scemama, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2023
• For the Jayhawks, it’s been a bit of bad luck mixed with a defensive scheme that dares bad shooters to take shots.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
• The Swaddle Up by Love to Dream is for those who dare to dream of another way to swaddle.
  — Samson McDougall, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
• Thank God for Skye, who tries to spice things up by daring Belly to kiss Jeremiah.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 28 July 2023
• Maybe someone will even dare to wear the Rick Owens inflatable boots.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
• The lyrics even appear on-screen, as if daring the audience to sing along.
  — Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• And the big set-piece of the second half — a daring prison escape — is barely depicted at all.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
• The video culminates with Amy Schumer daring Madonna to go on tour and perform her four decades of hits.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2023
• Her daring dress featured an embellished collar, fringed cap sleeves, and open sides that ended in a low-cut whale-tail detail at the back.
  — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
• Over the past decade, almost no one has dared to follow him.
  — Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
• Which is an undertaking most Hoosiers do not dare risk.
  — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026

dare

2 of 2 noun

• And the rest of the movie follows through on that self-dare.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2016
• But the kick of its first six songs is that Swift invites the dare.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• 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
• Past that, the ride is open to anyone willing to take the dare.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• 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
• How long will Ms Lightfoot dare to face down the union?
  — A.r. | Chicago, The Economist, 23 Oct. 2019
• The Australian had swallowed a live slug on a dare back then.
  — Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2018
• 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
• Iron Mike Tyson is not one to back down from any fight – or any dare.
  — Scott Boeck, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
• Don Cheadle isn't one to turn down a dare from George Clooney.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2022
• His latest plan to expand the programs is a cheeky dare to the GOP.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2023
• A key part of the plan is a dare to the communities in which the lynchings took place.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 23 Aug. 2016
• 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
• Only the bravest dare to drink water from the tap, people joke.
  — NBC News, 16 May 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 that was a dare on Trump's part to Democrats, their voters appear to have called him on it.
  — Edward Morrissey, TheWeek, 27 Feb. 2020
• The risk is obvious and none of the knights at Arthur’s table dare accept.
  — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
• Roughly a third of the Chrysler products from the past 30 years are a result of a double-dog dare.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2020
• But a stroll alone on the grounds of this Gothic Revival cathedral at night is more of a dare.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2018
• So what does a coach with such a remarkable record dare chase next?
  — Harvey Araton, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2016
• Emma Stone accepting a dance dare on The Ellen Show in 2012.
  — Sarah Lindig, Marie Claire, 31 July 2016
• 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
• Mark Thompson says the idea began as a joke, then became a dare, then a quest.
  — Dallas News, 11 June 2021
• Then on a dare, both decided to divide it … and eat it.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Dare Market users can also offer themselves up to perform a dare in exchange for money.
  — PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
• The player must complete the dare inside when a balloon pops or claim their treat.
  — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
• 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
• Some drinks arrive like an invitation; others arrive like a dare.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
• In her voice, khalvat is a joke, a dare, and a fact.
  — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025