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mustering

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verb

present participle of muster

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mustering
Noun
Some mornings, mustering empathy for yet another challenging conversation feels nearly impossible. Dana Kellerman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 Stedman lands every blow thanks to her patient accumulation of ordinary life, the shearing and mustering and fence-mending, the slow mapping of relationships that ensures each loss registers as something more than plot machinery. Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
Serena looked down, heaved a sigh and hooked her knee around the pole before mustering up a halfhearted spin. Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 With that technique putting more pace on the ball, forwards just need to redirect the ball instead of mustering their own power on a slower delivery. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 June 2026 At the end of the second season, multiple armies were mustering for war over King's Landing as the Targaryen clan just couldn't stop betraying each other long enough to govern. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026 Like the uncharacteristically cool weather in West Sacramento for late May, the A’s offense continued its recent gloomy stretch of hitting, mustering a few middle-inning scoring opportunities but failing to get a clutch hit en route to a 9-1 loss. Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026 In my mind, Denzel Washington’s performance in John Q set the bar for male actors mustering up those trigger tears Mom always talked about. Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026 There are thought to be just a handful of names capable of mustering the required 81 signatures. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 With the Knights’ offense only mustering two hits, though, that was enough for Sycamore. Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 After mustering all of two against Vancouver, Sporting registered four shots on Saturday. The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mustering
Noun
  • Following an internal cruise industry review, in 2012 international cruise organizations adopted a new policy requiring ships to hold mandatory muster drills before leaving port.
    Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026
  • The irony is that in not trying to pass muster with more conservative theatergoers (and their fastidious institutional guardians), playwrights have been winning over not just critics but also formerly squeamish artistic directors and perennially nervous Broadway producers.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • KiMi Robinson Ahead of an event that was speculated to be Swift and Kelce's rehearsal dinner at MSG on July 2, members of the couple's inner circle were mobilizing across New York City.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The reconstruction effort is also mobilizing Venezuela’s engineering community.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • This is where the sorcerer’s book of spells resurfaces; James and Henry succeed in summoning a playful demon, Goomi (Trey Parker), a kind of Funko Pop!
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • Being constantly threatened should take its toll on a person, but Snow builds a life, summoning the fortitude to conclude that someday her prince will come.
    Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Now, Cutting Edge Group (CEG), an investor in and manager of media music rights, has acquired the music rights and royalty streams to Tyler’s catalog of blockbuster film and TV scores, comprising more than 60,000 minutes.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
  • This is followed by a panel comprising TIFF programmer Diana Cadavid, Puerto Rico Film Festival’s Lester Rive and Patricia Velázquez of the Costa Rica Film Festival who will discuss how festivals drive talent, industry and audiences.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • That support represents one of the largest private commitments ever made on behalf of theoretical physics, including faculty research; graduate student and postdoc support; and inter-institutional conferences, workshops, visiting scholars and a network-wide convening every two years.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Last month, 100 respected Black and Jewish leaders gathered in Miami at the first national convening of its kind in a generation.
    Michael Stevens, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Jean started organizing her daily routines around their conversations, and dreaming of their future together — a big house, a blended family, a new beginning.
    Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Here, the focus naturally turns toward organizing your thoughts, tackling errands and paying attention to the routines that shape your life.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • The day before his team played in a World Cup semifinal, France coach Didier Deschamps tried shifting the pressure by calling his opponent, Spain, the favorite to win the tournament.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 14 July 2026
  • Prosecutors at the first trial argued that Dominguez was angry and spiraling at the time of the killings, calling the attacks a deliberate act of violence.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • The results showed that chewing sugar-containing gum after beetroot juice made saliva more acidic than chewing sugar-free gum did.
    Jennifer Klump, Verywell Health, 17 July 2026
  • The technique is already being tested with ytterbium-containing molecules and is expected to be applied to radium in future studies.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

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“Mustering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mustering. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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