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

Jenny could not muster courage enough to tell Andrew to "go and see Mary;" she did not like to bid Mary "come and see him;" and, therefore, she had recourse to manœuvring.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

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

I don't know how I can muster courage to come into this house after——" "It will be easier after the first wrench.

From The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play by Rae, John