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Example sentences for sinewy

It had short sleeves, and his sinewy forearms were hairy.
He called for the basketball again, motioning wildly to his teammates, flapping his sinewy arms.
The verse has the sinewy vigor and sonorous chime which generally distinguish his style.
Once the picker had roared past, he studied the sinewy.
Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character.
There was still that sweet, sinewy flick of the wrist and the long follow-through and the controlled rotation on the ball.
The ab on the upper right is taut and sinewy thanks to middle school.
These songs are dense and sinewy and largely move at a furious pace.
And he noticed that natural construction tends to favor sinewy materials such as wood, muscle, and tendon.
They were long sinewy creatures with long leg muscles carved in interesting shapes.
They're so sinewy and commonplace, they hardly get noticed.
Once the picker had roared past, he studied the sinewy stalks.
He was tall and lanky, with thin shoulders that drooped a little bit and a neck that was long and sinewy in his younger days.
It was fine to see the speed and sinewy ease with which the choppers cleared an open space for the tents.
It is not unlike watching the sinewy but languorous.
His hair was snow-white, his eyes bluish-gray,and his form sinewy and elastic.
Then my sinewy bearers toss me into the cold water and the splashing begins.
Its sinewy, smooth gray bark adds real interest, and the leaves are attractive in summer and fall.
When the trees on the site are bare, you can see the monument's sinewy topknot from far away.
And the arms, while never pythons, were once sinewy cobras that could have belonged to a dancer.
With his sinewy frame and full head of salt-and-pepper hair, he looked younger than his age.

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