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

He ascended the piazza steps and crossed to the door, but somehow at the moment could not muster courage to push the button.

From An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West by Rice, Alfred Ernest

My head aches, and my eyes ache, and my heart aches, and I cannot muster courage to write any more.

From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny

He wanted to say that he was not allowed to leave the countess, but he could not muster courage enough to do so.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold