sinew
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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
But so much of the sort of sinew or the connective tissue between scenes and sequences comes from a process of yes and, yes and, yes and, which is the first rule of improv.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 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
Ngannou's legs folded underneath him, more than 19 stone of bone, sinew and muscle going limp.
From BBC • May 8, 2024
The user apparently laid the tip of the spear shaft in the flute and twisted hide or sinew repeatedly around the assembly to hold it together.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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