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Recent Examples of sinewy Nathaniel Sullivan embodied a sinewy Jochanaan who is sorely tempted by Salome’s advances. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 May 2025 Moll has made the kind of sinewy procedural that makes your palms sweat. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025 Think Zaha Hadid, known for her futuristic, sinewy forms that seem to defy structural logic (see, for example, the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan). Nick Remsen, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025 One longs for the sinewy action of a Transformers flick, or the imaginative gravity of something like the first Pacific Rim. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sinewy
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Adjective
  • Outside the venue, fans spotted an art installation featuring a muscular figure enclosed in a clear box — seemingly a nod to the upcoming album’s cover art.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 19 July 2025
  • The killings began just days after Thomas Barrack, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Syria (and the U.S. ambassador to Turkey) laid out a muscular vision for a centralized Syria.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.
    Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
  • This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.
    National Geographic, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Instead, aboard the spacecraft will be twin NASA satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem while studying how the sun's powerful activity can disrupt our planet's magnetosphere.
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 22 July 2025
  • The secretary said that some trade deals have marked powerful forward movement for the U.S.’ interests.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 21 July 2025

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“Sinewy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinewy. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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