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Reacting later on Wednesday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood insisted the government will "strain every sinew" to keep the Jewish community safe following the attack.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

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

Bud wasn’t physically imposing, not all sinew and shoulders — but he was meticulously built.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023

She was binding the edges with strips of basswood bark and sinew.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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

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

And he argued on commercial grounds that those wanting to stop the slave trade were a threat to "colonial wealth, the sinews of our commercial existence".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023

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

The Emperor’s arm was still extended, but as the people’s chanting roars battered him in waves, the sinews twisted, the fist slowly reversed itself.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks