sinew
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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
Many other Ukrainian soldiers are still straining every sinew on the front lines, trying to at least slow the Russian advance.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 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
I strained every sinew in training to try and find that one delivery that would click me back in to gear.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023
She took out her sinew, held her arm under the bird, and singing aloud strode toward Point Hope.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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