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

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

"I don't know," said the youth, a little nettled, "I think I could muster courage to face a bullet."

From Tales for Fifteen by Cooper, James Fenimore

Before the two men who had been conferring together in the Hotel de Poisson could muster courage to return, the steward had in a great measure recovered from the effects of the fall.

From Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World by Optic, Oliver