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Significats de sinewy en anglès

(Of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.

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(Of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.

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Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon.

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Ús de sinewy en anglès
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A sinewy form in the shadows of the pines appeared and disappeared.
The Log School-House on the Columbia
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He had noticed more than once the sinewy fingers of the Chinaman.
Wild Youth, Volume 2.
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I was tough and sinewy, and knew not the meaning of luxury.
Field and Forest; Or, The Fortunes of a Farmer
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Or at the monster: a tall, sinewy thing, but definitely not human.
Crown of Midnight
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His muscles, in spite of his fifty-four years, were strong and sinewy.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
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Another step, and he could have reached her with his sinewy arm.
Atonement
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It was like taking hold of a snake, strong, sinewy, and wriggling.
Death angel
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The sheep was graceful, sinewy, slender, powerfully built, and in poise magnificent.
Desert Gold
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In these mouldering, crumbling tubs of stone, they laved their sinewy limbs.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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At that the sheriff thrust out a long, brown and sinewy hand.
Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise; or, The Dash for Dixie
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Beside the Mississippians lay a regiment of long-legged, sinewy riflemen from Arkansas.
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
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His frame was lean, but broad and sinewy, indicative of considerable strength.
Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01
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Then his sinewy hand closed on the collar of the swindler's coat.
The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph
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A sinewy hand grasped his wrist and twisted his right arm free.
Creatures of Vibration
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His figure was lithe and sinewy, his movements quick and not ungraceful.
Princess Maritza
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Here was Latin worth reading; rich, sinewy, idiomatic, full of flavour, masculine.
South Wind
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