sinew
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“To have had the opportunity to come back and to really play, discover, and put flesh and blood and sinew and heartbeat into this woman, to really fill her out,” O’Reilly says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025
The nearly photorealistic face of Senua, the unconventional hero of this 10th-century revenge tale, as she grimaces with every sinew taut, her veins bulging.
From New York Times • May 20, 2024
He said the UK had been "straining every sinew" to get aid into Gaza and that it "must be flooded in".
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024
I strained every sinew in training to try and find that one delivery that would click me back in to gear.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023
He pursues speed with superlative courage, pushing beyond defeat, beyond exhaustion, sometimes beyond the structural limits of bone and sinew.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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