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 drops her hand, and turning hastily away, goes down the corridor, and is beyond recall before she can muster courage to say anything to him kind or forgiving.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
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
The words, "once knew," turned my blood cold, and it was some minutes before I could muster courage to ask the name of the person to whom he referred.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
