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 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

And the lad couldn't in any way muster courage to ask her to have him.

From Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne

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