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sinewy

adjective as in stringy, tough

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It’s easy to picture proteins as the meaty, sinewy chicken wing I’m biting into as I type this sentence.

Jane Campion’s gorgeous, sinewy western, based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel, is a movie as big as the open sky—but also one where human emotions are distinctly visible, as fine and sharp as a blade of grass.

From Time

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.

From Time

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

His flesh is sagging a bit, but he is still trim and looks lean, sinewy and tough.

A sinewy woman emerges, stepping out onto the gray city sidewalk.

Charles Ray has a suite of 15 ink-on-paper paintings in an adjacent room, depicting flowers with sinewy, rainbow-colored petals.

The sinewy muscles of his arms bunched together fiercely at his shoulder.

There was some talk, that maybe, just maybe, this sinewy kid would be a hell of a ticket asset.

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

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

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

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.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sinewy, such as: brawny, leathery, muscular, sturdy, athletic, and fibrous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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