sinewy
IPA: sˈɪnjui
adjective
- Tough; having strong sinews.
- (figuratively) Having or showing nervous strength.
- (of a person or animal) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
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Examples of "sinewy" in Sentences
- He has many sinewy body guards.
- Because he exercises, he is sinewy.
- Girls would love to meet sinewy guys.
- Raga Bol was a tall and sinewy searat with green eyes.
- It's a taut, sinewy melodrama, exquisitely put together.
- I intend to discuss just that in sinewy masculine prose.
- The lower thigh is long, strongly and broadly muscled, sinewy.
- Flavorful, and very tender towards the edges, but sinewy in the middle.
- One moment they are sinewy, battered remnants of a discarded tradition.
- Downey is not sinewy or old enough, as Holmes is often described in the novels.
- They have long, sinewy bodies, and large crests of feathers around their heads.
- Again, the unabridged dictionary gives "sinewy" as its first definition of "nervous."
- Books that length struggle to find a publisher these days, so this kind of sinewy masterpiece is a dying art-form.
- The muted red, gray and off-white mottled surface of the former brings to mind the texture of sinewy muscles; the monochromatic black installs a simple elegance on the latter.
- It was what might be termed a sinewy, knotty strength, of the kind we ascribe to lean and wiry men, but which, in him, because of his heavy build, partook more of the enlarged gorilla order.
- Soror is best known for her electrifying and primordial forests, "ancient trees," and bodacious flowers, but she also makes avatar adornments such as sinewy and curvilinear antlers, and brightly colored jewelry.
- The style of its wines—sometimes described as sinewy and linear, with aromas of raspberry or earthy notes—taste like no other and, in terms of a comparison scale, they are a long way from Australia's Barossa Shiraz.
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