daring
Americannoun
adjective
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- daringly adverb
- daringness noun
- quasi-daring adjective
- quasi-daringly adverb
- undaring adjective
Etymology
Origin of daring
Example Sentences
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"They took away valuables -- my radio, my phone, and forty head of livestock" from the village, he said, not daring to name those responsible.
From Barron's
Now confidence is sky-high -- to the point where the players are daring to shed their traditional Nordic humility.
From Barron's
Shatner played the daring Captain James T. Kirk in 1960s sci-fi adventure franchise "Star Trek," which follows the crew of a spaceship as it spreads liberal humanitarian ideals through the galaxy.
From Barron's
He learned through writing the book that his mother hailed from a “family of brilliant and daring misfits who had carved new paths in botany and medicine and left-wing politics,” he writes.
From Los Angeles Times
Not caution to the wind, but ambition and daring and breakneck speed.
From BBC
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