thews

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Neither his great brain nor his little thews could prevail to make the yellow rivets sink to its place.

From Time Magazine Archive

Surveyor W. J. Ma thews of Lloyds: "Two of the Rex's three turbodynamos were ready early this morning and the third was put in operation about 6 a. m. only to break down again."

From Time Magazine Archive

What Coach Rockne's incomparable strategy had begun, Halfback Crowley's mighty thews executed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clovis was strongly built, the thews and broad shoulders of Phebus had ofttimes been a subject for sport--and there the two sat like waxen effigies, both refusing to be roused.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

But our forebears were composed of less delicate nerves and tougher thews and sinews than ourselves.

From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)