Her colleague sat slouched in his seat, arms folded on his chest, and practically dared her to say another idiotic thing to the robber leader.

Instead of backing off, Prophet wore an expression that practically dared Gray to do something about it.

And they'll just sit there and practically dare the management to throw them out.

She had practically dared the whole town of Cottonwood to talk about her for years.

He practically dared me to question him.

He delivered a strong lecture on civic responsibility, and practically dared anyone to claim a nonmedical hardship.

The result could almost be his version of a Robert Altman disaster - a movie so unhinged it practically dares you not to hate it.

He is, after all, the director who practically dared audiences not to cry at E. T's death scene.

The engine carries a 200,000-mile warranty and G.M. practically dares buyers to break it.

Truth, in the medieval phrase, carried two faces under one hood; and these double-faced sophists practically dared to suggest that it was the Dominican hood.