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Meanings of sinewy in English

(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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                    Usage of sinewy in English
                    1
                    A sinewy form in the shadows of the pines appeared and disappeared.
                    The Log School-House on the Columbia
                    2
                    He had noticed more than once the sinewy fingers of the Chinaman.
                    Wild Youth, Volume 2.
                    3
                    I was tough and sinewy, and knew not the meaning of luxury.
                    Field and Forest; Or, The Fortunes of a Farmer
                    4
                    Or at the monster: a tall, sinewy thing, but definitely not human.
                    Crown of Midnight
                    5
                    His muscles, in spite of his fifty-four years, were strong and sinewy.
                    The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
                    6
                    Another step, and he could have reached her with his sinewy arm.
                    Atonement
                    7
                    It was like taking hold of a snake, strong, sinewy, and wriggling.
                    Death angel
                    8
                    The sheep was graceful, sinewy, slender, powerfully built, and in poise magnificent.
                    Desert Gold
                    9
                    In these mouldering, crumbling tubs of stone, they laved their sinewy limbs.
                    Napoleon Bonaparte
                    10
                    At that the sheriff thrust out a long, brown and sinewy hand.
                    Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise; or, The Dash for Dixie
                    11
                    Beside the Mississippians lay a regiment of long-legged, sinewy riflemen from Arkansas.
                    The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
                    12
                    His frame was lean, but broad and sinewy, indicative of considerable strength.
                    Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01
                    13
                    Then his sinewy hand closed on the collar of the swindler's coat.
                    The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph
                    14
                    A sinewy hand grasped his wrist and twisted his right arm free.
                    Creatures of Vibration
                    15
                    His figure was lithe and sinewy, his movements quick and not ungraceful.
                    Princess Maritza
                    16
                    Here was Latin worth reading; rich, sinewy, idiomatic, full of flavour, masculine.
                    South Wind
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