Daresay

Examples

• I am going to be a favourite: preferred before papa soon, I daresay. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But I daresay you know what she has wanted me to do. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It would be done so quickly and so naturally, that I daresay the young man himself has no recollection of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I daresay--it doesn't matter: I HAVE lost her already. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I daresay there's truth in yon Latin book on your shelves; but it's gibberish and not truth to me, unless I know the meaning o' the words. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I daresay she'll recover it, Becky said with a smile--and they drove on and talked about something else. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Yes, I daresay: no doubt he admires her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Discussing the gipsy, I daresay. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I daresay it is a mad freak, sir, but not so very insane if you look upon it from my point of view. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I have tried to help her, but I daresay I did it clumsily, and scared her from it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I daresay they might get a peep at that sales book if they wanted to. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• If I were, I daresay I could manage to be happy even in her flat. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Oh, I daresay by consulting our sales book we could very easily tell you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I daresay she is crying because she could not go out with Missis in the carriage, interposed Bessie. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I daresay his conscience smote him, for they all say at home I am the picture of aunt Ginevra. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I daresay you are wise. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• But I daresay in the set she's lived in they do--they never do anything else. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• We have a cousin of his here, and I daresay he could tell you where he is. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• No, I daresay: and how does she mix up these with her sentiment and her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Well, well, I daresay that a couple of rabbits would account both for the blood and for the charred ashes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I daresay you are right. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I am hungry: so are you, I daresay, only you forget. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• So she and I got over the surprise with few words and a single saluteyet I daresay she was pleased, and I know I was. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The French are more given to open criticism, and I daresay a political comedy constructed on these lines would appeal greatly to their sense of humor. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• You're right, I daresay; but we belong here, and people should respect our ways when they come among us. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She's been looking everywhere for you: she wanted to tell you her little secret; but I daresay you have guessed it already. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• My s--, the regiment will do its duty, sir, I daresay, he said. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I daresay she sat a quarter of an hour on the edge of my bed, gazing at my face. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• No: you are very well; and much improved of late; and Mr. Rochester, I daresay, is fond of you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In the eyes of law and reason, Mr. Gilmore, no excuse, I daresay. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Typist: Ruth