as in adventurous
inclined or willing to take risks
the dashing heroes in stories about the American West
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as in trotting
to go at a pace faster than a walk
one sprinter dashed to the finish line in record-breaking time
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as in hurrying
to proceed or move quickly
we dashed about in a panic, trying to get everything organized before the guests were scheduled to arrive
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as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up
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as in splashing
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
our clothes were dashed with the mud of passing cars
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as in depressing
to make sad
she's always dashed by the failure of her matchmaking efforts
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Recent Examples of dashing
Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Though he was born Roger Edward Dooley, in New Jersey, the document identified him under the more dashing alias of Roger Montañés Caballero, as he was known in Cuba.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Roberta Mercuri, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
Stars like Connor Storrie, Glen Powell, Jacob Elordi, Patrick Schwarzenegger and SEVENTEEN's Joshua cleaned up nice, arriving on the red carpet looking dashing — business in the front with a party in the back.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
The Duke of Hastings and his sparring partner, Will Mondrich, look absolutely dashing — if a bit disheveled, on the Duke's part — in this shot of the pair.
—Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Though he was born Roger Edward Dooley, in New Jersey, the document identified him under the more dashing alias of Roger Montañés Caballero, as he was known in Cuba.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
As the royal scion travels from his California home to the UK for a January 21 court date in his lawsuit against tabloid conglomerate Associated Newspapers, his father, brother, and sister-in-law will be headed out of town, dashing hopes that this visit could spark a reconciliation.
—Roberta Mercuri, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
Stars like Connor Storrie, Glen Powell, Jacob Elordi, Patrick Schwarzenegger and SEVENTEEN's Joshua cleaned up nice, arriving on the red carpet looking dashing — business in the front with a party in the back.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
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Known for combining high fashion with streetwear, Bad Bunny has a reputation for adventurous and subversive style.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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The run falls about 1,200 vertical feet below a slow, three-person lift that ferries expert skiers to some of Mammoth’s most adventurous terrain.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Coyotes were seen trotting across the frozen Charles River yesterday.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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The area is so nationally notorious that the Border Patrol chose it to stage an invasion here in July, complete with a literal cavalry of agents trotting down a soccer field where kids usually play while National Guard troops sat inside armored Humvees on Wilshire Boulevard.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Meza Gonzalez and David Christian, one of her attorneys, refused to answer questions from reporters about the plea agreement, hurrying down a flight of stairs at the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center.—
Megan Rodriguez,
San Antonio Express-News,
27 Jan. 2026
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But one weekend in November, people who would typically be hurrying by, staring down at their phones, stopped.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
15 Dec. 2025
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The council was established in April 2024, nearly three years after President Jovenel Moïse was killed at his residence, throwing Haiti into widespread upheaval.—
EVENS SANON,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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After Lathan Sommerville drew consecutive trips to the line, and no whistle blew when Dent was contacted on a drive, Cronin ran onto the court, throwing his fists in anger, and yelling at an official.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Water splashing up from the ground gets the wood closest to the ground very wet.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Pour the bleach into the water, not the other way around, to avoid splashing the bleach.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Feb. 2026
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Instead what followed was the slow disintegration of a championship core, an inability to reclimb the mountain and the slow, depressing slide into lamenting what could have been.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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In overwhelmingly Democratic districts, the outcome is almost always predetermined, further depressing turnout and weakening accountability.—
Grace Rauh,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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His daring, sometimes reckless style had caught up to him.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Five minutes can be an eternity in montage time, but the movie’s lengthy introduction is a daring announcement of historical scope.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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With a dust and waterproof rating of IP57, the earbuds can also shrug off moisture and sweat, whether jogging in the rain or enduring a punishing workout.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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But commenters were also fascinated by a series of colorful graphs plotting dose-response curves for individual types of exercise, purporting to show that walking is the best, jogging is good but not too much, swimming is no good at all, and so on.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
30 Jan. 2026
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