sinew

She became the party’s spine and its sinew, holding together the Democrat’s many warring factions and standing firm at times the more timorous were prepared to back down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

Players who don't have the manager's back might not strain every last sinew when they know his job is hanging by a thread.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025

The nearly photorealistic face of Senua, the unconventional hero of this 10th-century revenge tale, as she grimaces with every sinew taut, her veins bulging.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2024

He said the UK had been "straining every sinew" to get aid into Gaza and that it "must be flooded in".

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024

Fa’s knife was beautiful and deadly, with a blade of banded blue slate shaped like a willow leaf, and a haft of red deer antler that was bound with elk sinew for a better grip.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

These dot-plot predictions, in turn, can influence current or future changes in stock or bond prices, the sinews of financial markets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

It’s hard to imagine a greater accomplishment than to achieve peace while stiffening the sinews of deterrence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

“The idea was just to go look at the muscles and sinews that would be a good reference for us when we build it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

Among the findings are arrows preserved with their original feathers, remains of fibres, and two bowstrings made of animal sinews, which are the oldest found so far in Europe.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024

Next, Torak washed the long back sinews he’d saved from the butchering, pounded them flat, then teased out the narrow fibers for thread: drying them and rubbing them in fat to make them supple.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver