Sinewy
adjective
Having strong, lean, muscular body or parts.
The sinewy bodybuilder lifted the heavy weights with ease.
Often appears as...
- sinewy muscles
- sinewy body
adjective
Being tough or firm.
The sinewy steak was hard to chew.
Often appears as...
- sinewy meat
- sinewy texture
adjective
Having strong, lean, muscular body or parts.
The sinewy bodybuilder lifted the heavy weights with ease.
Often appears as...
- sinewy muscles
- sinewy body
adjective
Being tough or firm.
The sinewy steak was hard to chew.
Often appears as...
- sinewy meat
- sinewy texture
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'sinewy' to create a vivid image of physical strength and agility.
The acrobat displayed his sinewy form as he flew through the air.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Bulky
'Sinewy' suggests strength without bulkiness, think of lean muscles.
Despite being slim, her sinewy arms allowed her to win the arm-wrestling match.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
While it describes leanness, 'sinewy' has a positive connotation of health and fitness.
The runner's sinewy legs powered him up the steep hill effortlessly.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'sinewy' to create a vivid image of physical strength and agility.
The acrobat displayed his sinewy form as he flew through the air.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Bulky
'Sinewy' suggests strength without bulkiness, think of lean muscles.
Despite being slim, her sinewy arms allowed her to win the arm-wrestling match.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
While it describes leanness, 'sinewy' has a positive connotation of health and fitness.
The runner's sinewy legs powered him up the steep hill effortlessly.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'sinewy' to create a vivid image of physical strength and agility.
The acrobat displayed his sinewy form as he flew through the air.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Bulky
'Sinewy' suggests strength without bulkiness, think of lean muscles.
Despite being slim, her sinewy arms allowed her to win the arm-wrestling match.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
While it describes leanness, 'sinewy' has a positive connotation of health and fitness.
The runner's sinewy legs powered him up the steep hill effortlessly.
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Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
from a community that gathered around their cause, no one client anymore. It means that no building is too small for innovation, like this little reindeer pavilion that's as muscly and sinewy as the animals it's designed to observe.
Video examples
Would You Eat Bull...
vandana so this was freshly killed today yes it was killed this morning this is one entree that challenges the diners and the chef alike if not prepared well the meat is sinewy and tough and inside
Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
from a community that gathered around their cause, no one client anymore. It means that no building is too small for innovation, like this little reindeer pavilion that's as muscly and sinewy as the animals it's designed to observe.
Video examples
Would You Eat Bull...
vandana so this was freshly killed today yes it was killed this morning this is one entree that challenges the diners and the chef alike if not prepared well the meat is sinewy and tough and inside
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
David Means
American Writer
Iggy Pop is a pure Michigan product - gritty, smart, but not afraid of looking stupid or foolish. His father was once a high school English teacher. I love Iggy as a physical entity, sinewy, twisty - even in old age - an embodiment of rock and roll history.
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Romesh Gunesekera
Sri Lankan Author
Sri Lanka is an island that everyone loves at some level inside themselves. A very special island that travellers, from Sinbad to Marco Polo, dreamed about. A place where the contours of the land itself forms a kind of sinewy poetry.
Quote examples
David Means
American Writer
Iggy Pop is a pure Michigan product - gritty, smart, but not afraid of looking stupid or foolish. His father was once a high school English teacher. I love Iggy as a physical entity, sinewy, twisty - even in old age - an embodiment of rock and roll history.
Quote examples
Romesh Gunesekera
Sri Lankan Author
Sri Lanka is an island that everyone loves at some level inside themselves. A very special island that travellers, from Sinbad to Marco Polo, dreamed about. A place where the contours of the land itself forms a kind of sinewy poetry.
Example 1 of 2
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