Called one's bluff

Usage examples of dared.

My private opinion was yes, he would have dared, particularly if he could be the hero of the occasion.

Or was it simply that no one had ever dared tell him how his uncle was linked with the Doonan snakes?

Weddeerogh jumped, letting out a squeal of surprise, then hunkering down, getting as close as it dared to the twitching and bulging package.

It was coiled in a huge knot at the corner of the sty, ready to spring on whatever puny creature dared to attack.

How in the name of little printed circuits had Mother dared to have twins?

Sensing his receptivity, she dared ask him why he had been chased by his own people.

Sass, mind racing, dared to use the combination her father had once shown her, and opened her parents' sealed closet.

Sass hadn't seen Caris all day, but she hadn't dared look around much, either.

She dared not put herself in trance, yet there was nothing to do to ease her tension.

More than one tradition had gone into the concept of Discipline, and the Venerable Master had a Socratic ability to pursue a lame thought to its lair and finish it off She dared to look at him.

He would have preferred to set off the alarm himself, but he dared not risk it.

Did she have some kind of hold on them, something they thought to keep at bay, but dared not directly attack?

She wanted to pull out the comunit and find out, but dared not with searchers after them.

Endless, seamless, compressed by fear and stretched by anticipation, she had no idea how long it was before she dared extend a cautious foot to the next lower step.

Chance was holy, and only those who dared fate deserved respect, but the amount of risk inherent in each endeavor determined the degree of additional risk which the Seti felt compelled to add by throwing dice or using random number generators.