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sinew
[sin-yoo]
noun
a tendon.
Often sinews. the source of strength, power, or vigor.
the sinews of the nation.
strength; power; resilience.
a man of great moral sinew.
verb (used with object)
to furnish with sinews; strengthen, as by sinews.
Other 51Թ Forms
- sinewless adjective
- unsinewed adjective
- unsinewing adjective
- ˈԱɱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sinew1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sinew1
Example Sentences
“Fox” has the bones of a potboiler but is supported by the sinew of the author’s elegant structure and syntax.
“To have had the opportunity to come back and to really play, discover, and put flesh and blood and sinew and heartbeat into this woman, to really fill her out,” O’Reilly says.
But the Gloucester lock's superb restart take,, external all arched back, strained sinew and single-paw dexterity, early against Exeter bore more than a bit of a resemblance.
The summit in London was an attempt by the prime minister both to calm diplomatic brows and stiffen diplomatic sinews.
But so much of the sort of sinew or the connective tissue between scenes and sequences comes from a process of yes and, yes and, yes and, which is the first rule of improv.
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