adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A short, sinewy man, he had an easygoing manner that concealed an inner intensity.
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Angela hung on to it fiercely, but the alsatian was too strong and sinewy for her.
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He got out of the tub, his sinewy body dripping water.
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He lifted one sinewy arm to wave.
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He was good at climbing; it was a sport in which his small, sinewy build was on his side.
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He was tall and sinewy , and his fingers gripped her arms with a steely strength.
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His lips were firm and damp enough, the hand that caressed her face dry and sinewy .
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We are sinewy , old wood, old trunks with fading limbs and few leaves!