sinewy
adjective
sin·ewy
ˈsin-yə-wē 
also ˈsi-nə-
Examples of sinewy in a Sentence
The lion has a sinewy body.
a sinewy piece of meat
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Stardust Racers, the sinewy roller coaster that towers over Epic Universe, shoots bodies through the sky at more than 60 miles an hour and plunges them toward the surface of the Earth from the height of a 10-story building.
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Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
Occasionally, Brown, who makes mesmerizing, lovelorn music under the name Nourished by Time, is a serenader reaching for the style of Jodeci or SWV—sinewy, solicitous, but alien underneath the ad-libbing.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
Once neighbors had amassed a pile of larger items, one of the camp's earliest residents, a sinewy man in his 50s named Tom Rock, walked over and began helping to lift them into the dumpster.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 26 July 2025
With a double harbor set at the tip of a long and sinewy peninsula on a highly strategic coastline, Knidos grew rich from its favorable natural position and from trading wine, olive oil and vast quantities of amphorae.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
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Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
Occasionally, Brown, who makes mesmerizing, lovelorn music under the name Nourished by Time, is a serenader reaching for the style of Jodeci or SWV—sinewy, solicitous, but alien underneath the ad-libbing.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
Once neighbors had amassed a pile of larger items, one of the camp's earliest residents, a sinewy man in his 50s named Tom Rock, walked over and began helping to lift them into the dumpster.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 26 July 2025
With a double harbor set at the tip of a long and sinewy peninsula on a highly strategic coastline, Knidos grew rich from its favorable natural position and from trading wine, olive oil and vast quantities of amphorae.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for sinewy
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“Sinewy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinewy. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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sinewy
adjective
sin·ewy
ˈsin-yə-wē
also ˈsin-ə-
1
: full of sinews : stringy
sinewy meat
2
: strong sense 1
sinewy arms
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