sinew
Example Sentences
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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
Bud wasn’t physically imposing, not all sinew and shoulders — but he was meticulously built.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2023
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
To scrub the hundred years’ war off this white skin till there’s nothing left and I can walk out among my neighbors wearing raw sinew and bone, like they do.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing sinew
"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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