sinew

Example Sentences

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“Fox” has the bones of a potboiler but is supported by the sinew of the author’s elegant structure and syntax.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

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

It’s also a slightly worn one, marked by stains and small tears, which have been carefully mended with thread or sinew.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

They would have been the sinew that knit together far-flung, shoreland communities of the Puget Lowland.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

It was a hand drum, and he held it by the sinew ties crisscrossing the back, tilting it towards the heat to tighten the skin over the front.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline