Sinews
[sɪnju:z]
Examples
- Howe had the patience to wait, and in one way and another obtained the sinews of war to sue the infringers of his patents. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Canoes are made of logs hollowed out, or of birch bark stretched over a light frame, skilfully fastened with deers’ sinews and rendered water-tight by pitch. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At last came she whom Tarzan sought, with lithe sinews rolling beneath shimmering hide; fat and glossy came Sabor, the lioness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They long made use of cordage twisted from cotton and other fibers, or formed from the inner bark of various trees and the roots of others, and from the hairs, skins and sinews of animals. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There's power here, said Mr. Jaggers, coolly tracing out the sinews with his forefinger. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I feel their irons already tear my sinews! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I arose again, laughing at my forgetfulness, and soon had mastered once more the art of attuning my earthly sinews to these changed conditions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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