Definition of sinewy in English:

sinewy

adjective ˈsɪnjuːiˈsɪnjuwi

1Consisting of or resembling sinews.
Example sentencesExamples
- Comprised of a long sinewy pull followed by a spry frog kick, the pulldown is a holy moment of shrouded watery silence.
- Gage is 6-4,212 pounds, with long, sinewy legs.
- There were gobs of fat and sinewy bits throughout the whole rib cut - it was soooo wrong.
- Hanger steak is as good as the one in the Paris outpost, sinewy, briny, and full of brash flavor.
- William could feel the statues pressing into his back, their sinewy shapes slithering against his skin.
- The crowd focuses on Wesley Bunch, a tanned, sinewy mountaineer from Jackson with a massive blond afro.
- It was described as ' sinewy ' and ' packing a punch ' by the medical writer Galen.
- It was served like the others with rice, red and green peppers and onions, but the lamb was sinewy.
- Then swiftly pulled it through the sinewy cord, laughing triumphantly he held huge severed equine testicle up for Berdan to see!
- There's a sinewy onion strand nestled between them.
- As the sinewy red mass ascended through clear fluid, a bizarre blob formed at the tip, broke loose, and floated upward.
- This is a magnificent top, the hub of four sinewy ridges that radiate from the summit to form the apex of five huge corries.
- Supporting this sinewy armor plate was a rib cage that seemed to have been designed more for a silverback gorilla than a man.
Synonyms
muscular, well muscled, muscly, brawny, well built, powerfully built, burly, strapping, sturdy, rugged, strong, powerful, broad-shouldered, athletic, well knit, muscle-bound, Herculean, manly
informal hunky, beefy, husky, ripped, shredded
North American informal buff
US informal jacked
dated stalwart
literary thewy
Physiology mesomorphic
1. 1.1 (of a person or animal) lean and muscular.
  a short, sinewy, sunburnt man
  figurative the language is spare and sinewy
  Example sentencesExamples
  His thin, sinewy frame is a testimony to his inability to earn a decent wage.
  He plunges into each situation without preamble, then utilizes sinewy, staccato prose to snare our attention.
  First, he did his little purr thing, followed by his sinewy arch thing.
  Rico stretched his arms, sinewy roped muscle rippling beneath the thin, sweaty T-shirt fabric.
  The sinewy first movement, which is the most concise in the whole of Bax's symphonic cycle, packs a powerful punch.
  Charlton is looking, in language, for something beyond what he calls "the sinewy slippage of language"'.
  The river is brown, sinewy, convulsing like electrically stimulated muscle.
  Her body is a mass of contradictions - strong yet frail-looking, sinewy yet delicate.
  Inside, a sinewy, mustachioed fellow is tinkering with one of the machines.
  The band's 1998 debut Hope Is Important was chock full of sinewy indie-punk riffs.
  Drinking his orange juice he watches her flick through a Vogue, stopping to examine the androgynous, sinewy form of some teenage model.
  Viola was a small, sinewy, speedy hurricane, spewing surprises with every contraction.
  With the help of two sinewy coolies next to him, he rose to his feet.
  She says protection is the fiercest instinct — sinewy, jagged, unpredictable.
  A place where the contours of the land itself forms a kind of sinewy poetry.
  A spare, sinewy ascetic, he gazes at the crucifix with an emotional intensity unseen in paintings of the early 1470s.
  He was a small, sinewy man, 67 years old.
  Physically, Close seems wrong: she is pointy of face, sinewy of frame.
  His sinewy body gives him a youthful appearance belying his 56 years.
  He'll bring his sinewy, rhythmic pieces to life on stage with the help of members of the Kalmunity crew.

Definition of sinewy in US English:

sinewy

adjectiveˈsɪnjuwiˈsinyo͞owē

1Consisting of or resembling sinews.
Example sentencesExamples
- Then swiftly pulled it through the sinewy cord, laughing triumphantly he held huge severed equine testicle up for Berdan to see!
- It was served like the others with rice, red and green peppers and onions, but the lamb was sinewy.
- Gage is 6-4,212 pounds, with long, sinewy legs.
- There's a sinewy onion strand nestled between them.
- This is a magnificent top, the hub of four sinewy ridges that radiate from the summit to form the apex of five huge corries.
- As the sinewy red mass ascended through clear fluid, a bizarre blob formed at the tip, broke loose, and floated upward.
- Comprised of a long sinewy pull followed by a spry frog kick, the pulldown is a holy moment of shrouded watery silence.
- There were gobs of fat and sinewy bits throughout the whole rib cut - it was soooo wrong.
- William could feel the statues pressing into his back, their sinewy shapes slithering against his skin.
- Supporting this sinewy armor plate was a rib cage that seemed to have been designed more for a silverback gorilla than a man.
- The crowd focuses on Wesley Bunch, a tanned, sinewy mountaineer from Jackson with a massive blond afro.
- Hanger steak is as good as the one in the Paris outpost, sinewy, briny, and full of brash flavor.
- It was described as ' sinewy ' and ' packing a punch ' by the medical writer Galen.
Synonyms
muscular, well muscled, muscly, brawny, well built, powerfully built, burly, strapping, sturdy, rugged, strong, powerful, broad-shouldered, athletic, well knit, muscle-bound, herculean, manly
1. 1.1 (of a person or animal) lean and muscular.
  a short, sinewy, sunburnt man
  figurative the language is spare and sinewy
  Example sentencesExamples
  First, he did his little purr thing, followed by his sinewy arch thing.
  Charlton is looking, in language, for something beyond what he calls "the sinewy slippage of language"'.
  He'll bring his sinewy, rhythmic pieces to life on stage with the help of members of the Kalmunity crew.
  A spare, sinewy ascetic, he gazes at the crucifix with an emotional intensity unseen in paintings of the early 1470s.
  The band's 1998 debut Hope Is Important was chock full of sinewy indie-punk riffs.
  He plunges into each situation without preamble, then utilizes sinewy, staccato prose to snare our attention.
  A place where the contours of the land itself forms a kind of sinewy poetry.
  She says protection is the fiercest instinct — sinewy, jagged, unpredictable.
  He was a small, sinewy man, 67 years old.
  Viola was a small, sinewy, speedy hurricane, spewing surprises with every contraction.
  His sinewy body gives him a youthful appearance belying his 56 years.
  With the help of two sinewy coolies next to him, he rose to his feet.
  His thin, sinewy frame is a testimony to his inability to earn a decent wage.
  Rico stretched his arms, sinewy roped muscle rippling beneath the thin, sweaty T-shirt fabric.
  Inside, a sinewy, mustachioed fellow is tinkering with one of the machines.
  Physically, Close seems wrong: she is pointy of face, sinewy of frame.
  The sinewy first movement, which is the most concise in the whole of Bax's symphonic cycle, packs a powerful punch.
  The river is brown, sinewy, convulsing like electrically stimulated muscle.
  Drinking his orange juice he watches her flick through a Vogue, stopping to examine the androgynous, sinewy form of some teenage model.
  Her body is a mass of contradictions - strong yet frail-looking, sinewy yet delicate.

单词	sinewy
释义	Definition of sinewy in English: sinewy adjective ˈsɪnjuːiˈsɪnjuwi 1Consisting of or resembling sinews. Example sentencesExamples Comprised of a long sinewy pull followed by a spry frog kick, the pulldown is a holy moment of shrouded watery silence. Gage is 6-4,212 pounds, with long, sinewy legs. There were gobs of fat and sinewy bits throughout the whole rib cut - it was soooo wrong. Hanger steak is as good as the one in the Paris outpost, sinewy, briny, and full of brash flavor. William could feel the statues pressing into his back, their sinewy shapes slithering against his skin. The crowd focuses on Wesley Bunch, a tanned, sinewy mountaineer from Jackson with a massive blond afro. It was described as ' sinewy ' and ' packing a punch ' by the medical writer Galen. It was served like the others with rice, red and green peppers and onions, but the lamb was sinewy. Then swiftly pulled it through the sinewy cord, laughing triumphantly he held huge severed equine testicle up for Berdan to see! There's a sinewy onion strand nestled between them. As the sinewy red mass ascended through clear fluid, a bizarre blob formed at the tip, broke loose, and floated upward. This is a magnificent top, the hub of four sinewy ridges that radiate from the summit to form the apex of five huge corries. Supporting this sinewy armor plate was a rib cage that seemed to have been designed more for a silverback gorilla than a man. Synonyms muscular, well muscled, muscly, brawny, well built, powerfully built, burly, strapping, sturdy, rugged, strong, powerful, broad-shouldered, athletic, well knit, muscle-bound, Herculean, manly informal hunky, beefy, husky, ripped, shredded North American informal buff US informal jacked dated stalwart literary thewy Physiology mesomorphic 1.1 (of a person or animal) lean and muscular. a short, sinewy, sunburnt man figurative the language is spare and sinewy Example sentencesExamples His thin, sinewy frame is a testimony to his inability to earn a decent wage. He plunges into each situation without preamble, then utilizes sinewy, staccato prose to snare our attention. First, he did his little purr thing, followed by his sinewy arch thing. Rico stretched his arms, sinewy roped muscle rippling beneath the thin, sweaty T-shirt fabric. The sinewy first movement, which is the most concise in the whole of Bax's symphonic cycle, packs a powerful punch. Charlton is looking, in language, for something beyond what he calls "the sinewy slippage of language"'. The river is brown, sinewy, convulsing like electrically stimulated muscle. Her body is a mass of contradictions - strong yet frail-looking, sinewy yet delicate. Inside, a sinewy, mustachioed fellow is tinkering with one of the machines. The band's 1998 debut Hope Is Important was chock full of sinewy indie-punk riffs. Drinking his orange juice he watches her flick through a Vogue, stopping to examine the androgynous, sinewy form of some teenage model. Viola was a small, sinewy, speedy hurricane, spewing surprises with every contraction. With the help of two sinewy coolies next to him, he rose to his feet. She says protection is the fiercest instinct — sinewy, jagged, unpredictable. A place where the contours of the land itself forms a kind of sinewy poetry. A spare, sinewy ascetic, he gazes at the crucifix with an emotional intensity unseen in paintings of the early 1470s. He was a small, sinewy man, 67 years old. Physically, Close seems wrong: she is pointy of face, sinewy of frame. His sinewy body gives him a youthful appearance belying his 56 years. He'll bring his sinewy, rhythmic pieces to life on stage with the help of members of the Kalmunity crew. Definition of sinewy in US English: sinewy adjectiveˈsɪnjuwiˈsinyo͞owē 1Consisting of or resembling sinews. Example sentencesExamples Then swiftly pulled it through the sinewy cord, laughing triumphantly he held huge severed equine testicle up for Berdan to see! It was served like the others with rice, red and green peppers and onions, but the lamb was sinewy. Gage is 6-4,212 pounds, with long, sinewy legs. There's a sinewy onion strand nestled between them. This is a magnificent top, the hub of four sinewy ridges that radiate from the summit to form the apex of five huge corries. As the sinewy red mass ascended through clear fluid, a bizarre blob formed at the tip, broke loose, and floated upward. Comprised of a long sinewy pull followed by a spry frog kick, the pulldown is a holy moment of shrouded watery silence. There were gobs of fat and sinewy bits throughout the whole rib cut - it was soooo wrong. William could feel the statues pressing into his back, their sinewy shapes slithering against his skin. Supporting this sinewy armor plate was a rib cage that seemed to have been designed more for a silverback gorilla than a man. The crowd focuses on Wesley Bunch, a tanned, sinewy mountaineer from Jackson with a massive blond afro. Hanger steak is as good as the one in the Paris outpost, sinewy, briny, and full of brash flavor. It was described as ' sinewy ' and ' packing a punch ' by the medical writer Galen. Synonyms muscular, well muscled, muscly, brawny, well built, powerfully built, burly, strapping, sturdy, rugged, strong, powerful, broad-shouldered, athletic, well knit, muscle-bound, herculean, manly 1.1 (of a person or animal) lean and muscular. a short, sinewy, sunburnt man figurative the language is spare and sinewy Example sentencesExamples First, he did his little purr thing, followed by his sinewy arch thing. Charlton is looking, in language, for something beyond what he calls "the sinewy slippage of language"'. He'll bring his sinewy, rhythmic pieces to life on stage with the help of members of the Kalmunity crew. A spare, sinewy ascetic, he gazes at the crucifix with an emotional intensity unseen in paintings of the early 1470s. The band's 1998 debut Hope Is Important was chock full of sinewy indie-punk riffs. He plunges into each situation without preamble, then utilizes sinewy, staccato prose to snare our attention. A place where the contours of the land itself forms a kind of sinewy poetry. She says protection is the fiercest instinct — sinewy, jagged, unpredictable. He was a small, sinewy man, 67 years old. Viola was a small, sinewy, speedy hurricane, spewing surprises with every contraction. His sinewy body gives him a youthful appearance belying his 56 years. With the help of two sinewy coolies next to him, he rose to his feet. His thin, sinewy frame is a testimony to his inability to earn a decent wage. Rico stretched his arms, sinewy roped muscle rippling beneath the thin, sweaty T-shirt fabric. Inside, a sinewy, mustachioed fellow is tinkering with one of the machines. Physically, Close seems wrong: she is pointy of face, sinewy of frame. The sinewy first movement, which is the most concise in the whole of Bax's symphonic cycle, packs a powerful punch. The river is brown, sinewy, convulsing like electrically stimulated muscle. Drinking his orange juice he watches her flick through a Vogue, stopping to examine the androgynous, sinewy form of some teenage model. Her body is a mass of contradictions - strong yet frail-looking, sinewy yet delicate.
随便看	puristically purists puritan Puritan conscience puritaness Puritan ethic puritanic puritanical puritanically puritanically puritanise puritanism puritanisms puritanize puritanly puritano-papist Puritan papist puritans Puritan spoon purities purity purkinje Purkinje cell Purkinje effect purkinje fiber