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
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
It was full a minute before I could muster courage to answer: "I wish I could say as much for myself."
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
He wrote to Hunt himself, and paraded one night, two hours in front of his hotel, in Covent Garden, before he could muster courage sufficient to ask the waiter to take his effusion up.
From Life and Character of Richard Carlile by Holyoake, George Jacob
