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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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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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).
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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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“Sinewy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinewy. Accessed 3 Jun. 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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