sinewy
sinewy
Definition
sin·ewy (sin′yo̵̅o̅ ē)
adjective
- of or like sinew; tough; strong
- having many or large sinews, as a cut of meat
- having good muscular development sinewy shoulders
- vigorous; powerful; robust a sinewy style of writing
sinewy
Synonyms
sinewy
modif.
sinewy
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- arm: RESEARCH I just wondered Please, Joanne, don't hurt me Negative Effects Of Gambling more, I begged... one sinewy arm.
- line: No blockbuster themes for Charles, but instead sinewy synth lines and weird melodies, amid a growing intensity throughout the album.
- frame: The leaf-like female figure has the air of a survivor; her sinewy frame suggests the capacity for endurance.
- limb: He was an old man with spare, sinewy limbs and long strands of unwashed, unkempt hair.
- physique: He also had to get into incredible physical shape to obtain the comics character's sinewy physique which meant weeks of working out!
- muscle: He was a mass of bones, kept together by sinewy muscles and dry, pale skin.
sinewy Quotes
England isnot ruined becausesinewy brownmenfroma distant colony sometimes hit a ball further and oftener than our men do.
Browse dictionary entries near sinewy
- sinew
- sinecure
- sine wave
- sine qua non
- sine prole
- sine die
- sine curve
- sine
- Sindhi
- Sindbad
- sinfonia
- sinfonia concertante
- sinfonietta
- sinful
- sinfully
- sing
- sing out
- Sing Sing
- singalong
- Singapore
