Mustered

Examples

• And when he mustered strength to move his wounded head a very little way, and lay it on her bosom, the tears of both fell. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The 21st regiment of infantry, mustered in by me at Mattoon, refused to go into the service with the colonel of their selection in any position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In the room downstairs we mustered a tolerably brilliant number of _beaux_ about us, for Paris; but Paris was not London. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• By five o'clock, which was Mr. Wickfield's dinner-hour, I had mustered up my spirits again, and was ready for my knife and fork. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• So they mustered out a party of some six or seven, with guns and dogs, for the hunt. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I relieved him and sent all his men home within a day or two, to be mustered out of service. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I mustered one regiment afterwards, when my services for the State were about closed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In haste they mustered their forces, drew them away from the building. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Each of these was headed by an officer, who carried the roll of names, by which they were each day to be mustered. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It must more resemble a small select private party than a mess-room, as they seldom mustered more than seven or eight persons together at table. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. Moore's dark face mustered colour; his lips smiled, and yet were compressed; his eyes laughed, and yet he resolutely knit his brow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• One morning, when the hands were mustered for the field, Tom noticed, with surprise, a new comer among them, whose appearance excited his attention. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I mustered courage once, to ask Miss Murdstone when I was going back to school; and she answered dryly, she believed I was not going back at all. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• As Joe got on his coat, he mustered courage to propose that some of us should go down with the soldiers and see what came of the hunt. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I detailed officers to muster in a portion of them, but mustered three in the southern part of the State myself. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In time the Galena company was mustered into the United States service, forming a part of the 11th Illinois volunteer infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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