dared

• Letting their horses rest as long as they dared, they mounted and entering the stream, followed it down a mile, so as to deceive the Indians, should they be pursued, then again taking to the bank they rode with great speed, until their beasts began to flag, when again halting on a position that overlooked the country around, they prepared themselves a dinner, turning their horses loose to graze while they ate. —  The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West
• And he chuckled as loud as he dared--with Farmer Green inside the building, milking the cows As Ferdinand Frog gazed upward a shadow of disappointment came over his face. —  The Tale of Ferdinand Frog
• She wouldn’t have dared, as she wants him for a son-in-law That occurred to me But there aren’t many other things she wouldn’t dare, to get rid of such a danger as you. —  The Car of Destiny
• Will you go on that steamboat Throw myself on the mercy of a man who dared--dared to break his engagement, and who ought to be punished and put on probation, and then refused! —  The King Of Beaver, and Beaver Lights From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
• If anyone has dared--" She said no more, but angrily thrust the panel back into its place and turned the oaken rose, which gave a snap as of a bolt shooting into its socket, and then, raising her hand to the diagonal corner, she turned a fellow ornament in the oaken carving, to produce another sound as of a second bolt being shot There," she cried, "it is quite fast now. —  The King's Esquires The Jewel of France

Word Family