sinewy

How to use sinewy in a sentence

The best time to see it is on a sunny day when the light filters through the tall windows and illuminates its sinewy contours.

It was the only thing I knew him by, as a 9-year-old, in 1996, staring up at his sinewy 6 ft.

The practice isn’t confined to the crape myrtle, but there is something about the tree’s smooth, sinewy bark that invites a chop.

“Fibrous” applies metaphorically to mental qualities; it means strong, sinewy—high talents, just below genius.

ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)

His sinewy hands were clenched on his knees, and his moccasined feet crossed and uncrossed themselves as the hearing progressed.

MYSTERY RANCHARTHUR CHAPMAN

Tall and sinewy, their stern faces and flashing eyes proclaimed their courage.

THREE SIOUX SCOUTSELMER RUSSELL GREGOR

I always pictured them stern bearded men, with brick-red faces and sinewy limbs.

He was a quiet, rather untalkative man, lean and sinewy, sun and wind bitten.

A fire was burning at the mouth of the cavern, and the sinewy figure of the veteran was observed as he moved to and fro before it.

Burns put up one sinewy hand and thrust it through his hair, which already stood on end.

RED PEPPER BURNSGRACE S. RICHMOND

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985