Example sentences for: muster

How can you use “muster” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I cringe when I think of the hunger there must've been among African-American actors for what will end up being the highest profile part for a black man this year: the John Coffey role in The Green Mile . Michael Duncan Clarke handles the role with all the dignity he can muster, and it's undeniably a well-meaning movie.

  • The Washington Post is more pessimistic, saying that pro forces have "hit a brick wall in their attempts to muster the votes."

  • Senators from both parties agree it's unlikely President Clinton will be able to muster the two-thirds majority needed to approve the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

  • When the worst is over, at least 144,000 Jews will make it, possibly many more, though they'll all have to convert to pass muster.

  • Renoir went so far as to write a manifesto in 1884 for a society of "Irregularists"--to include such sworn enemies of mechanical perfection as "painters, decorators, architects, goldsmiths, embroiderers, etc."--but he couldn't muster enough fellow members.


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