Examples of 'dared not' in a sentence

Meaning of "dared not"

The phrase suggests that someone did not have the courage or confidence to do something, fearing the potential consequences or negative outcome

How to use "dared not" in a sentence

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dared not
Elizabeth dared not confess her act.
Further than that they dared not go.
I dared not take the time off.
The washerwoman dared not stop singing.
He dared not jump over the brook.
The firing squad dared not look up.
I dared not even share with my love.
The young woman dared not speak.
He dared not tell you the truth.
A gutless cop who dared not to shoot.
They dared not look me in the face.
For some moments he dared not touch it.
They dared not challenge him afterwards.
Racism frequently dared not speak its name.
He dared not run lest it chase him.

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Even gangsters dared not take me on.
He dared not contradict her on this night.
But at night he dared not be alone.
They dared not encounter such an onset.
I kicked you but you dared not scream.
We even dared not have tea together.
Hutchinson himself dared not say it.
She dared not disobey her child.
He was a warrior you dared not cross.
But she dared not speak to him.
Thomas looked the question he dared not ask.
But he dared not slacken his effort.
Be the heroes that others have dared not be.
But she dared not to accept failure.
With tears which she dared not shed.
She dared not lift her skirt.
Although he was aching to put questions he dared not.
I dared not go further than this reflection.
In fact they dared not do otherwise.
I dared not hope you would come back.
He was so shy that he dared not take off my blanket to see me.
I dared not hope to see anything like it in my life.
My father dared not disobey.
I dared not answer the question.
Thick ice dared not go.
He dared not go back into the house.
By whom we dared not ask.
They dared not make a declaration of principles.
He pined for a servant girl but dared not tell.
But he dared not speak to his father.
The other colleagues present dared not say anything.
But he dared not take the time.
I believe they dared not.
He dared not ask any more questions.
For the first time in his life he dared not.

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