muster courage

Example Sentences

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There are multiple ways this crisis can be addressed if elected officials muster courage to restore safety and civility.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2019

Snarling at Russia's flanks, two jackals last week tried to muster courage to spring for the kill.

From Time Magazine Archive

And yet if she were to leave Littlebath, whither should she go, and how should she muster courage to begin everything over again?

From Miss Mackenzie by Trollope, Anthony

My head aches, and my eyes ache, and my heart aches, and I cannot muster courage to write any more.

From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny

They, however, approached boldly, but had to wait some time before they could muster courage enough to leap through the dark veil that covered the passage.

From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe