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Recent Examples of sinew Trump tells an American public tired of foreign wars that the price of globalism is too high and takes aim at the sinews that bind the U.S. to its allies. Cyrus Veeser / Made By History, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024 The blades are typically curved to a surgical-type style and are sharp enough to cut through the various sinew and bones of chickens, turkeys, and other poultry. Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2024 In a combination of sequins, spandex, scarves and, in the case of the chest-baring Collen, pure sinew, Def Leppard romped through 90 minutes of timeless material speckled with a bit of current work. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024 But an injury could also prompt wonder at the miracle and the precarity of sinew and bone. Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for sinew
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Noun
  • Her strength is not just in her ability to fight, but in her refusal to disappear.
    Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Specifically, its relative strength index reading fell to 28.3.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That power is vested in prosecutors as executive branch officials.
    Michael Rothfeld, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Her lung power seems surprisingly undiminished, and the same goes for her sense of pitch.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Then Curry got hot, and the Warriors fed off his energy.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The administration tried to freeze funding that Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act directed to clean energy, turning that particular clock back to 2022.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Why protein is so important Most people have already internalized the importance of a protein-rich diet: Protein supports the body in building and repairing muscles, skin, and organs and helps in the production of enzymes and hormones that control our metabolism and immune system.
    Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The muscles around the knee tend to shut down and shrink with startling rapidity once all that inflammation builds up around a torn ACL.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Sinew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinew. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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