muster
verb (used with object)
to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
is mustering
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present progressiveof muster (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The challenge is mustering the collective wisdom to manage our shared resources before they’re grazed beyond recovery.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
The Chinese central government said it is mustering manufacturers to send 100,000 hazardous-materials suits and millions of face masks to Wuhan, where hospitals reported a shortage of beds and doctors collapsing from exhaustion.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2020
Kongo: Power and Majesty The world’s greatest museum is mustering all its resources – and has secured loans from more than 50 other collections – for this unprecedented exhibition of central African art.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2015
But the coal industry is mustering all the weapons it can: lobbying, legislation, litigation and a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign trumpeting the benefits of “clean coal.”
From New York Times ● May 30, 2012
Nor is it enough; he hath pierced to Corythus' utmost cities, and is mustering in arms a troop of Lydian rustics.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
