Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for muscle. Search instead for muschispalte.
Definitions

muscle

[muhs-uhl] / ˈmʌs əl /
NOUN
large fibers of animal body
Synonyms
Antonyms




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

They have become popular among teens on TikTok, especially boys, over unproven claims they help to build muscle, part of online trends known as "biohacking" and "looksmaxxing".

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Peptides are often taken by injection and are marketed for everything from muscle building to recovery, and medically for conditions like ulcerative colitis and insomnia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

These popular products are used for a variety of reasons, including to speed up muscle recovery and wound healing, improve sleep or help people lose weight.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Rather than representing only a breakdown in muscle function, the shift toward slow-twitch fibers appears to be a protective response.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

He began to put on bulk and muscle and he seemed to be in perfect physical shape.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Skiing challenges your muscles like few other sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

However, their muscles were not primarily using this additional sugar to produce energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

"You can think of the robot as having two independent muscles," Raman says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Experts detail its beneficial effects on energy, recovery and your muscles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Grandma smiled and said, “I’ll bet a piece of huckleberry pie and a glass of milk would help build those muscles a little, don’t you?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The situation only got worse as WWE muscled out nearly all regional promotions.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

On a ground where he has had plenty of previous success, he muscled the ball through the leg side before he offered a tame return catch to Razaullah.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

In a 2019 interview with The Times, Pratt said he muscled his way onto “The Hills” after learning that Sean Travis, a producer on “Princes of Malibu,” was working on the new series.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Anthropic, run by the former OpenAI executive Dario Amodei, has muscled further into financial services since it launched a suite of tools catering to banks, financial-technology firms, and others last year.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

He wondered if he should feel a stab of jealousy—Dimple bonding so well with his muscled, much cooler younger brother—but all he felt was this warm, almost gooey feeling in his chest.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

He tore his ACL in practice and, after muscling through that disappointment, is now a first-time feature director with “Voices,” a lean and loud musical-thriller about thwarted dreams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

That’s where Haaland appeared first, muscling past his defender to meet the ball with his head and power it into the goal’s bottom corner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

High-speed direct-to-device data plans are another example of space-based systems muscling in on traditional terrestrial wireless data providers.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

That signals that geopolitical risks could be muscling their way into asset prices, potentially overshadowing positives from the economic cycle and corporate earnings.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 1, 2026

Complaining that “the Chicago people” were muscling in on his match race, Swope went into overdrive.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


Vocabulary lists containing muscle

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training