1
as in muscular
having muscles capable of exerting great physical force
the lithe, sinewy body of the ballet company's leading male dancer
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as in brawny
marked by a well-developed musculature
the sinewy arms of the weight lifter
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Recent Examples of sinewy
Her sinewy voice lends the song an effortlessly cool vibe, one perfect for the warm days ahead.
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 June 2025
My legs: muscular during my years of playing varsity soccer and basketball and running track; long and sinewy in my later adult life; milky-pale every winter, yet sunburned often and easily in the summer.
—Laura Neilson, Vogue, 30 May 2025
Walter, whose polyphonic sensibility first charmed me in Beautiful Ruins, has here made something salty, sinewy, and satisfying from fairly tough material.
—Emily Temple
may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
Moll has made the kind of sinewy procedural that makes your palms sweat.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 June 2025
My legs: muscular during my years of playing varsity soccer and basketball and running track; long and sinewy in my later adult life; milky-pale every winter, yet sunburned often and easily in the summer.
—Laura Neilson, Vogue, 30 May 2025
Walter, whose polyphonic sensibility first charmed me in Beautiful Ruins, has here made something salty, sinewy, and satisfying from fairly tough material.
—Emily Temple
may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
Moll has made the kind of sinewy procedural that makes your palms sweat.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinewy
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Strength training can break you out of that state by building muscular support around joints, correcting imbalances and improving overall stability.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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City were also without Phil Foden, Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol before the international break, while John Stones withdrew from the England squad due to a muscular injury.—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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Washington counts Qatar as a strong Gulf ally.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The audio-streaming platform has amassed a sizable free cash flow due to its strong revenue growth, a figure that has been boosted by the company's swelling active user base in recent financial quarters.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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But Karl Maybach’s greatest contribution to the wonders of European civilization were his enormously powerful diesel engines that gave birth to the very first high-speed trains of Europe, emphatically putting steam trains out of business.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Why spend hundreds on new hardware when one of the cheapest, most powerful PC upgrades of the year costs less than a Cava bowl?—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Sinewy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinewy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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