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

It were, perhaps, better for Lincoln if he could muster courage and act by himself according to his nature, rather than follow so many, or even any single adviser.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

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

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