sinew

Example Sentences

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“To have had the opportunity to come back and to really play, discover, and put flesh and blood and sinew and heartbeat into this woman, to really fill her out,” O’Reilly says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

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

It’s also a slightly worn one, marked by stains and small tears, which have been carefully mended with thread or sinew.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

They would have been the sinew that knit together far-flung, shoreland communities of the Puget Lowland.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

The sinew binding felt faintly warm, giving him the courage to step down onto the cave floor.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver