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How to use daresay in a sentence

11 example sentences · verb

Daresay means chiefly in the form I daresay: to say something boldly; to affirm or assert. Example: “Are you going to stay up all night? I daresay that I am.”

Examples of daresay by meaning

verbChiefly in the form I daresay: to venture to say (as the speaker believes something is likely to be the case); to think...

  • Are you going to stay up all night? I daresay that I am.
  • We did not take any notice of what he said, but just kept on saying how sorry we were; and he did not take our apology like a man, but only said he daresayed, just like a woman does.1901, E[dith] Nesbit, “Being Beavers; or, The Young Explorers (Arctic or Otherwise)”, in The Wouldbegoods […], London: T[homas] Fisher...
  • "I daresay," Howard said, pacing, holding his bandaged hand in the palm of his good hand.1979, Ernest Hebert, “The .308”, in The Dogs of March (Hardscrabble Books), Lebanon, N.H.: University Press of New England, published 1995...

More sentences with daresay

  • You know, I daresay, that nowadays a route-march is not simply a matter of marching.2013, Gerald Kersh, The Horrible Dummy and Other Stories, →ISBN. From the entry route-march
  • So they laughed and sang in the trees; and pretty fair nonsense I daresay you think it.1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, “3: A Short Rest”, in The Hobbit, Unwin Paperbacks, published 1983, page 56. From the entry elf
  • I daresay that he has five hundred pounds in the bank.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry saving
  • Most men, I daresay, have never heard of their epididymis.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 332. From the entry epididymis
  • They say that the oreibasia took place in midwinter, but I daresay the Peloponnesus is considerably milder that time of year than Vermont.1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History. From the entry oreibasia
  • I daresay we can find one of those devoted, hard-working little scrubs who are glad to come for nothing and live on the table leavings.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry leavings
  • I daresay, if the truth was known, the old hag's feeding a rebel she's got hidden away in some snug hole hereaway."1916, John Lang, Jean Lang, Stories of the Border Marches. From the entry hereaway
  • Really great explorers would never be discouraged by the daresaying of a farmer, still less by his calling them names he ought not to.1901, E[dith] Nesbit, “Being Beavers; or, The Young Explorers (Arctic or Otherwise)”, in The Wouldbegoods […], London: T[homas] Fisher…. From the entry daresaying

Meaning of daresay

  1. verb Chiefly in the form I daresay: to say something boldly; to affirm or assert.
  2. verb Chiefly in the form I daresay: to venture to say (as the speaker believes something is likely to be the case); to think something probable; to presume.

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Questions about daresay in a sentence

How do you use daresay in a sentence?
Daresay is used as a verb. For example: “Are you going to stay up all night? I daresay that I am.”
What is a short sentence with daresay?
“Most men, I daresay, have never heard of their epididymis.”
What does daresay mean?
Daresay means chiefly in the form I daresay: to say something boldly; to affirm or assert.

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