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

Tresham's countenance fell, and he appeared to be meditating some project, which he could not muster courage to execute.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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

He couldn't muster courage to come up to the ring, but wandered up and down from the great fives'-court to the corner of the chapel rails.

From Tom Brown's School Day's by Hughes, Thomas