sinews

If Trump did not have any involvement in this escapade, Patrushev’s gambit shows—some would say, confirms—that Russia’s main goal, in all these misinformation ventures, is to sow chaos, breed mistrust, and weaken the sinews of democracy in Western countries, especially in the U.S., regardless of who is the president.

Writing Molly’s death and its aftermath, Butler is not afraid of its sinews and gore.

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".

Tiger bone is believed to strengthen bones and sinews, provide pain relief and help get rid of wind.

The trainers’ comments gnawed at me, fraying the last sinews of my certainty.