muscles

Example Sentences

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MND affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord, which tell your muscles what to do.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

After 225 days stuck in a front-line foxhole, the Ukrainian infantryman's muscles were so weak he could barely walk.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Ashley Borden, a strength coach, tells her clients that strong butt muscles are “bulletproofing your body against a Dad Bod.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

"Even using soup cans or books as a form of resistance provides stimulus to skeletal muscles and could be used by individuals for whom other options are not feasible."

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

He is a gargoyle come to life, complete with the perpetual scowl and the mountainous muscles.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer