sinews

Example Sentences

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It’s hard to imagine a greater accomplishment than to achieve peace while stiffening the sinews of deterrence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

The summit in London was an attempt by the prime minister both to calm diplomatic brows and stiffen diplomatic sinews.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

Among the findings are arrows preserved with their original feathers, remains of fibres, and two bowstrings made of animal sinews, which are the oldest found so far in Europe.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

Such phase transitions could give rise to cosmic strings, hypothesized one-dimensional sinews of energy that can warp, snap and break as they undulate through the universe, producing gravitational waves.

From Scientific American • Aug. 4, 2023

Nor did I kill seals for their sinews, using instead kelp to bind the things that needed it.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell