sinewy
Example Sentences
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Radiohead's secret sauce has always been their rhythm section - who manage to locate sinewy, danceable grooves even when presented with their bandmate's most challenging material.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
Charlotte, whom I hadn’t seen in over a decade, looked conspicuously healthy—glowing, sinewy, centered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
At 60, the sinewy Harbaugh is as fit as any head coach in the game, and his heart issues — diagnosed as atrial flutter — are not indisputably attributable to the stress of the game.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
For competitive runners, this often boils down to sinewy legs and defined abdominals.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2024
Two swallows were making passes over the fountain, and a chiffchaffs song was piercing the air from within the sinewy gloom of the giant cedar of Lebanon.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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