sinewed

A fine figure of a mariner he strode along, erect, deep-chested, thewed and sinewed like a bull.

The growl in his deep chest and sinewed throat was that of a wolf.

Ezra opened his mouth, no doubt to cry aloud, but Hal clapped a sinewed hand over it, and slammed him back against the wall.

The steel-sinewed flanks stiffened and relaxed rhythmically as the hillside flew past.

And, to tell the truth, wrestling and his firm-sinewed figure had something to do with his extreme humility on this occasion.