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

An instant he hesitated, trying to muster courage, but the bully in him failed, and with an oath, he turned away, and vanished.

From Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West by Parrish, Randall

A minute or two elapsed, during which he did not muster courage to make any further remarks.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various

Before the two men who had been conferring together in the Hotel de Poisson could muster courage to return, the steward had in a great measure recovered from the effects of the fall.

From Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World by Optic, Oliver