muster courage

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

She may have felt a touch of guilt because she could not muster courage to tell her father that she had already visited Mr. Coleman.

From Eleven Possible Cases by Fyles, Franklin

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

It was already midnight ere I could muster courage to set out,—not that the hour was inappropriate, for the Marchesa's receptions only began when the opera was over.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James