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

"I cannot muster courage to meet old Rep this morning, and if you like to start at once and settle this affair you have in Switzerland, I'm ready, but it must be done instanter."

From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James

I could not for long muster courage to enter it.

From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward

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