sinew
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Many other Ukrainian soldiers are still straining every sinew on the front lines, trying to at least slow the Russian advance.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 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
Bud wasn’t physically imposing, not all sinew and shoulders — but he was meticulously built.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
It fed the will, and it gave strength to endure, and to master sinew and limb beyond the measure of mortal kind.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
It’s hard to imagine a greater accomplishment than to achieve peace while stiffening the sinews of deterrence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
The summit in London was an attempt by the prime minister both to calm diplomatic brows and stiffen diplomatic sinews.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
Among the findings are arrows preserved with their original feathers, remains of fibres, and two bowstrings made of animal sinews, which are the oldest found so far in Europe.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
Such phase transitions could give rise to cosmic strings, hypothesized one-dimensional sinews of energy that can warp, snap and break as they undulate through the universe, producing gravitational waves.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 4, 2023
I remind myself of a greyhound, all sinews and skinny rib cage.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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