muscles

Example Sentences

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When the protein is artificially increased in young mice, their muscles become weaker and smaller.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

"People get what we call malaise - achy in the muscles and the joints, and eventually developing some vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea," which he tells the BBC is "true for a lot of illnesses".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

But in a pessimistic reading, we could say that audiences didn’t want to see a big guy with a lot of muscles disappear into a character’s psyche.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

The net effect is that our heart delivers less blood and oxygen to our muscles, and our capacity for physical exertion drops.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

He didn’t know the way it pulled at all your muscles and created an anchor in the center of your chest.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly