How to Use "Dare" with Example Sentences

dare (v): to have the courage to do something; to challenge someone to do something dangerous or embarrassing

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Used with adverbs:

"I barely dared to bungee jump off the bridge."
(barely, hardly)

"I always dare him to do something crazy."
(always)

Example sentences:

"I dare you to kiss him."

"How dare you do that to me!"

"She dared to go inside the haunted house."

"Are you daring me?"

dare (n): a challenge; the act of telling someone to do something courageous or risky

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Used with verbs:

"He took the dare from his friend."

(took, accepted)

"I never pass up a dare."

(pass up, reject)

"That is quite a dare."

"Is that a dare?"

(be: is/am/are)

"Let's play truth or dare."

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