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

I should have liked to ask how long he had been in Wales, for I had been secretly offended at his apparent neglect of me; but I could not muster courage for the question.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

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

Of Hume I have heard that certain manuscripts at the State Paper Office had been prepared for his inspection during a fortnight, but he never could muster courage to pay his promised visit.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac