(v. t.) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
(v. t.) The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
(v. t.) Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
(v. t.) To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.
(v. t.) Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together.
(v. i.) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force.
Example Sentences:
(1) The hosts had resisted through the early stages, emulating their rugged first-half displays against Manchester United and Arsenal here this season, and even mustered a flurry of half-chances just before the interval to offer a reminder they might glean greater reward thereafter.
(2) After I pointed this out, even with all the racist retorts he could muster, being told “he’s got you there mate” by his friends was the knockout that saved the night.
(3) A formation featuring Mile Jedinak playing just in front of the back four suggested a draw would suit them just fine, and a horribly sterile first half, during which each team mustered precisely one shot on goal, confirmed as much.
(4) But while the imprisoned activists and their supporters are fervently hoping that the Queen of Pop will use her Russian platform (Olimpiyskiy stadium, which is a pretty big one) to make a strong statement in their support, so far all she's been able to muster in public is a remark that she's "sorry that they've been arrested".
(5) The Jobseekers Act 1995 made this requirement explicit in relation to work schemes and it was on this basis that the court found that the sketchy 2011 regulations failed to pass muster.
(6) Reding may be hoping that she can muster enough support in the parliament to challenge the national governments and force them to back down.
(7) The radical republican group Eirigi could only muster around 150 demonstrators at the southern end of Parnell Square.
(8) Though his bloc emerged with the largest number of seats in the 328-seat parliament, it is difficult to see from where he could muster the numbers he needs.
(9) Yes, it’s been quite a banner season for the collective of self-identifying core gamers who gather on forums to muster shared fury.
(10) It was brutally hard on the home team, who had dominated the first half and created further chances in the second, including one for Traoré on 85 minutes, when he could not muster enough power in a close-range header.
(11) While Liverpool seemed stretched by cruel successive away fixtures, Chelsea arguably mustered some of their finest attacking football of the campaign through that ferocious opening period.
(12) The Andre documentary proved more popular than BBC2's struggling US drama import Defying Gravity, which could muster only 700,000 viewers and a 3% share in the same slot.
(13) This might pass muster if we were merely letting sleeping dogs lie.
(14) "After consideration of the bill and having applied my mind thereto, I am of the view that the bill as it stands does not pass constitutional muster."
(15) They didn't manage to muster a threat but the mere fact that they prevented Celtic from getting off a shot for a few minutes has audibly raised the tension in the crowd ... 8.03pm BST 18 min: "I hope that the distance travelled explains Celtic's result last week," blubs Ian Kay.
(16) Chaffetz expressed his dissatisfaction with the status quo in the House GOP caucus and said: “Realistically, we can’t vote to promote the existing leadership.” He also suggested that while McCarthy could muster support from a majority of House Republicans in a secret ballot, he would be unable to get the absolute majority of congressmen in a vote on the floor of the House.
(17) Even after giving ground on the bill, the White House and Democrats were forced to go to extraordinary lengths to muster enough support for passage.
(18) City had never previously lost a Premier League game when their thrilling Argentinian had scored and, had David Silva not been guilty of over-elaborating and Javi García mustered a more convincing header from the Spaniard's free-kick delivery, that record might have been maintained.
(19) The biggest problem of all is a political one: the Bank is in charge of securing a recovery with whatever technical armoury it can muster; the government makes cuts and invests token sums in new projects.
(20) Photograph: Mike Bowers for The Guardian The government had its first win: Parry easily secured the job of the new president, with 63 votes, while Ludlam mustered support from only 10 senators.
Ouster
Definition:
(n.) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.
Example Sentences:
(1) Malcolm Turnbull heckled by Liberals as anger lingers over Tony Abbott's ouster Read more Villatora, who had earlier warned the NSW state council about the party increasingly resembling “a closed shop”, said the limited trials between now and 2019 were an “important step towards a fully democratic party”.
(2) He accused the regime of holding double standards, arguing that it had not yet disarmed nationalist militias who supported the ouster of former president Viktor Yanukovich.
(3) The Brotherhood, after all, believes that something has been stolen from it, and thus intends to fight rather than join any political process that would legitimize Mohamed Morsi's ouster.
(4) It pains some of us because, to be honest, we never ever organised his ouster.
(5) Since his ouster, he has largely been kept out of the public eye, appearing only in carefully managed court sessions in which he has frequently shouted defiantly, insisting he is still Egypt's president.
(6) Authorities have killed hundreds of Islamists and jailed thousands since the military ouster in July 2013 of the Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi.
(7) Staff at the newspaper wrote an open letter supporting Kovalsky, calling his ouster an “act of intimidation”.
(8) This was shortly after his final episode of the Tonight Show, and served as a highly professional first public statement after his ouster by NBC execs.
(9) Caught up in this febrile discourse was also the alleged ungovernability of the electorate , a panic that peaked around the time of Campbell Newman’s ouster as Queensland premier in January.
(10) Lavrov made no mention of western charges that Russia has sent troops and heavy weapons into eastern Ukraine in support of pro-Russian rebels there , who have taken over a number of key industrial cities after the ouster of former pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovich.
(11) The recall effort is continuing – critics say Persky is still a danger in civil court – and on Friday, the campaign is organizing, including Willingham, a rally in San Jose to decry Turner’s release and push for the judge’s ouster.
(12) Edison Lobao, of the PMDB, who voted for Rousseff’s ouster, said: “I couldn’t have voted differently regardless of who was the president.
(13) In a televised briefing with President Vladimir Putin, the Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, said proposals made by John Kerry, the US secretary of state, were “not suitable” because they took the situation created by the coup as a starting point, referring to the ouster of Ukraine’s pro-Kremlin president, Viktor Yanukovych.
(14) Last season ended badly for Cincinnati, a first round playoff ouster.
(15) Only days before Yanukovich's ouster, Russia announced surprise military maneuvers, which it then set in motion along the border and in the Black Sea.
(16) According to surveys by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 80% of those who endorsed Morsi's ouster would also rise again if their aspirations aren't met.
(17) It appears however a step closer to banning the group, whose legality was disputed even before Morsi's ouster.
(18) Tea Party leaders Todd Courser, who resigned in September while facing expulsion, and Cindy Gamrat, who was expelled, are seeking the Republican nominations in special primary elections, which come less than two months after their 11 September ouster.
(19) This hope was bolstered by a clip posted earlier Monday morning by TMZ, the entertainment news website that began the process that led to Sterling’s ouster when they released audio tapes of him making racist comments to a female companion .
(20) I do think he’s aware of that and he has a way to fix it.” Al-Jazeera journalists sentenced to three years in prison by Egyptian court Read more The long-running trial is entangled in the wider political conflict between Egypt and Qatar, where al-Jazeera is based, following the Egyptian army’s 2013 military ouster of the Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi , a Brotherhood member.