adjective
definition
Tough; having strong sinews.
definition
Having or showing nervous strength.
definition
(of a person or animal) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
Examples of sinewy in a Sentence
One was tall and thin, the other dark, shaggy, and sinewy, with a flat nose.
She.d never noticed how long his nails were or the sinewy strength in his forearms.
She was entirely feminine, yet each muscle was defined, sinewy.
They're sinewy, with glowing skin, great bodies and beautiful faces.
It wasn't the grotesque sinewy chest of a body builder, but the well developed chest of a swimmer.
The leaf-like female figure has the air of a survivor; her sinewy frame suggests the capacity for endurance.
He was an old man with spare, sinewy limbs and long strands of unwashed, unkempt hair.
He also had to get into incredible physical shape to obtain the comics character 's sinewy physique which meant weeks of working out !
No blockbuster themes for Charles, but instead sinewy synth lines and weird melodies, amid a growing intensity throughout the album.
He was a mass of bones, kept together by sinewy muscles and dry, pale skin.
They're what make or break a total outfit, give the illusion of shifting your silhouette to a more sinewy one and make your walk more seductive.
Some boast a thicker strap, which provides support for a larger bust, while others have a sinewy spaghetti strap.
If you prefer an understated shot of blue, opt for a heel with sinewy straps that are touched with turquoise.
In person Charles Kingsley was tall and spare, sinewy rather than powerful, and of a restless excitable temperament.
His sleeves were rolled up and his sinewy, hairy, red hands with their short fingers deftly turned the ramrod.
Schweinfurth declares them the best-looking of the Nile nomads, and the men are types of physical beauty, with fine heads, erect athletic bodies and sinewy limbs.
The black, hairy, snub-nosed face of Vaska Denisov, and his whole short sturdy figure with the sinewy hairy hand and stumpy fingers in which he held the hilt of his naked saber, looked just as it usually did, especially toward evening when he had emptied his second bottle; he was only redder than usual.
The sleeve of his coat kept slipping down and he always carefully rolled it up again with his left hand, as if it were most important that the sinewy white arm he was flourishing should be bare.