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Meanings of sinewy in inglês
(Of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
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Usage of sinewy in inglês
1
A sinewy form in the shadows of the pines appeared and disappeared.
2
He had noticed more than once the sinewy fingers of the Chinaman.
3
I was tough and sinewy, and knew not the meaning of luxury.
4
Or at the monster: a tall, sinewy thing, but definitely not human.
5
His muscles, in spite of his fifty-four years, were strong and sinewy.
6
Another step, and he could have reached her with his sinewy arm.
7
It was like taking hold of a snake, strong, sinewy, and wriggling.
8
The sheep was graceful, sinewy, slender, powerfully built, and in poise magnificent.
9
In these mouldering, crumbling tubs of stone, they laved their sinewy limbs.
10
At that the sheriff thrust out a long, brown and sinewy hand.
11
Beside the Mississippians lay a regiment of long-legged, sinewy riflemen from Arkansas.
12
His frame was lean, but broad and sinewy, indicative of considerable strength.
13
Then his sinewy hand closed on the collar of the swindler's coat.
14
A sinewy hand grasped his wrist and twisted his right arm free.
15
His figure was lithe and sinewy, his movements quick and not ungraceful.
16
Here was Latin worth reading; rich, sinewy, idiomatic, full of flavour, masculine.
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Sinewy across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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