Sentence examples for dared to act from inspiring English sources

As one of the first lesbian feminist groups, the Radicalesbians, argued in a 1970 essay, "The Woman-Identified Woman," women were called lesbians (pejoratively), regardless of their preferred partners, when they dared to act as if they were equal to men.

While shooting "Four Men and a Prayer" (1938), Ford tricked David Niven into getting drunk so he could mortify him in front of the producer Darryl F. Zanuck, and for years Ford froze John Wayne out of his life because he dared to act for Ford's competitor Raoul Walsh.

Again, this is a focus that Bush-era attorneys general John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales, and Michael Mukasey might have relished, but on which none would have dared to act so boldly.

Not so long ago, Dick was followed, harassed, threatened and derided as a "nigger-lover" because he not only dared speak against segregation, but he dared to act as if in Christ there really was no Jew nor Greek and no black nor white.

I see law enforcement agencies around the world, and not just the United States, that dare to act on suspicion of corruption".

But the commission may not dare to act as bravely during a general election.Sunai Phasuk, an academic with the Asian Network for Free Elections, says a tough electoral commission will be essential for an honest and free poll, but he does not expect it to bare its teeth and eliminate cheating candidates entirely.

It's not enough to just arrest them, but action should be so strict that no one should dare to act in such a manner again".

It can actually be read as a leadership coda for anyone who dares to act on behalf of others.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief, Mayawati, said that proper investigation was required, and that "action should be so strict that no one should dare to act in such a manner again".

For those who resist, who dare to act independently, think for themselves, march to the beat of a different drummer, the consequences are invariably a one-way trip to the local jail or death.

His was an act which no one had dared to do before that moment.