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muscular

Definition for muscular

adjective as in powerfully built

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Example Sentences

What these men do have is a muscular hold on popular disgust with religious extremism.

For instance, in active REM sleep, breathing and pulse may be irregular, and small muscular twitches are common.

In the first, we met two muscular young men, almost naked and smeared with a blood-like substance.

He landed on his hands and feet like some huge, muscular cat.

Several muscular drivers with massive chains around their necks surround a young port official, demanding he call an ambulance.

It is much easier to strike quickly than slowly, but practice in the slow movement will develop both muscular and nervous power.

Rounded scybalous masses are common in habitual constipation, and indicate atony of the muscular coat of the intestine.

The women, likewise, are very tall, but too muscular—they might even be termed unwieldy.

His mantle raised at the shoulder disclosed a muscular arm covered with circlets of gold.

The inside is pale purplish-brown, with a yellowish-white muscular impression.

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On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to muscular, such as: athletic, brawny, burly, powerful, robust, and sinewy.

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

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