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dared not
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Examples
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She had no idea what time it was, and daredn't risk waking Joss by looking for his watch, but it was still dark outside.
Desire for Revenge Jordan, Penny 1997
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'I daredn't hurry,' said Mr Colclough, setting us down at the station.
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns Arnold Bennett 1899
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But she daredn't say anything, for Ritter Red had said he would take the life of any one who told the truth how things had gone.
Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856
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The stepmother and her daughter were jealous of the Princess, because she was so lovely; but so long as the King was at home, they daredn't do her any harm, he was so fond of her.
Popular Tales from the Norse George Webbe Dasent 1856
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Regular cowed down the saintesses be; they daredn't say as their right hand's their own.
Verner's Pride Henry Wood 1850
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English sluts warn't half a rod from his tail no how, and so he tried his last chance, and he holed; but my! now, Mr. Aircher, by darn, you niver did see nothin 'like the partridges; they kept a brushin' up and brushin 'up, and treein' every little while; I guess if I seen one I seen a hundred; why, I killed seven on 'em with coarse shot up in the pines, and I daredn't shoot exceptin 'at their heads.
Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Henry William Herbert 1832
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"Nothing much, some nice biscuits for Mrs. Arbuckle -- I daredn't buy any before, the kids would have sneaked the lot.
Desire for Revenge Jordan, Penny 1997
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I daredn't do that, however much I might have wished. "
Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864
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If you hadn't made me think you were in some trouble, I daredn't have come. "
Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864
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"Sir Pitt wouldn't have let her go, but he daredn't refuse
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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