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

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

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