A very small pocket penknife (with hoof-pick and corkscrew) hadn't been lending me much courage.

Desperation lent him courage and he swung his pistol at Ortmann.

It strengthened my resolve and lent me new courage as I picked a path around the benighted fortress to gain the cliffside.

The noisy, annoying, unsubtle leaders of the protest lent courage to the rest of us to cut school and march in a few rallies.

The brandy lent him enough Dutch courage to continue.

She lent him courage and confidence.

His mightily thewed arms coiled beneath the bear furs that lent him strength and courage.

The spirit of the ancient warrior fuses itself with Alex's body, lending Alex his strength, skills, and courage.

My appearance seemed to lend him courage, and leaping into the kiva he charged toward the blind window, only it had changed.

The fact that he had struck something and destroyed it lent him foolhardy courage.