muscle

Example Sentences

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You may have to pause and catch your breath, but you keep running, and you build up those lungs and the muscles in your legs, and you finish the race.

From Salon

If your muscles and bones don’t gradually adjust, you could get hurt, she added.

From The Wall Street Journal

The focus of that has been building muscle, durability and improving recovery between games and training.

From BBC

She cautions that the advertising muscle and buying power of the large chains makes it harder for smaller outfits to succeed "because the market is not growing".

From BBC

They overcome the lack of an ACL by strengthening and engaging other muscles.

From Los Angeles Times