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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of muster.

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Examples

  • Sundin mustered one shot and has not scored in his last 13 contests.

    National Hockey League - Senators vs. Maple Leafs 2000

  • Clayley was elected first lieutenant, and in a week from that time the company was "mustered" into the service of the United States government, and armed and equipped as an independent corps of "Rifle

    The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

  • He argued that the Senate had a right to debate our resolution once it became the business of the day and that, since standing rules required a two-thirds majority to end debate, he should be able to debate it until we mustered a two-thirds majority to stop him.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • He argued that the Senate had a right to debate our resolution once it became the business of the day and that, since standing rules required a two-thirds majority to end debate, he should be able to debate it until we mustered a two-thirds majority to stop him.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • He argued that the Senate had a right to debate our resolution once it became the business of the day and that, since standing rules required a two-thirds majority to end debate, he should be able to debate it until we mustered a two-thirds majority to stop him.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • But there is no evidence to suggest that Brown ever mustered any curiosity about his vehicle's price until it was published - never mind his deputy's e-mailed insistence that the city find him a "black Navigator, black-on-black interior, GPS, power moon roof, rear entertainment system and aluminum wheels."

    Kwame Brown navigates his future 2011

  • But there is no evidence to suggest that Brown ever mustered any curiosity about his vehicle's price until it was published - never mind his deputy's e-mailed insistence that the city find him a "black Navigator, black-on-black interior, GPS, power moon roof, rear entertainment system and aluminum wheels."

    Kwame Brown navigates his future 2011

  • Comic roles are skilfully handled by Massenet and come across well: Polish contralto Ewa Podles mustered grim regal splendour as the stepmother, with Madeleine Pierard and Kai Rüütel – both Jette Parker Young Artists – lively as the indistinguishably stupid sisters.

    Cendrillon; Rinaldo – review 2011

  • Despite a trio of bad economic data, markets still mustered a small rally, although it's unclear how sustainable an uptick is, Steven Russolillo reports on the Markets Hub.

    Stocks Jump on Hopes for Fed Action Steven Russolillo 2011

  • Had the democrats mustered the balls to say no, it may have been a different picture today.

    State of the Union: Powell 'concerned' about Obama's agenda 2009

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  • In Joyce's _Ulysses_, Bloom contemplates a ham and gorgonzola cheese sandwich and thinks "Ham and his descendants mustered and bred there. Potted meats. What is home without Plumtree's potted meat? Incomplete."

    Mustard = mustered

    November 5, 2009