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
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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
His bright eyes peeped out at Grandpa Crane when he was eating; and he looked as though he would like to get those good bits if he could muster courage to do it.
From The Nursery, November 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 5 by Various
He drops her hand, and turning hastily away, goes down the corridor, and is beyond recall before she can muster courage to say anything to him kind or forgiving.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess