How to Use sinew in a Sentence

sinew

noun

• If hunters land a whale, the tribe says its meat, oil, bone and sinew are all used.
  — Julian Mark, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2021
• He’s held together with sinew and hope, but the king’s got jokes.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2022
• Cut through the meat tendons and sinews and then press the meat down firmly to form a lollipop.
  — Allie Morris, ExpressNews.com, 6 Mar. 2020
• Trim any fat cap and sinew off beef and slice into strips, each 1/8-inch to 1/4-inch thick.
  — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 21 Aug. 2017
• Along with the sinew and silks, the esteemed hat maker made room for some light-weight, thin gauge wire.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2020
• The twine instead of roots and sinew changed the entire concept of netting.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2022
• The singer was a wee man, not even five foot five, all bone and sinew, maybe ninety pounds dressed for winter.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 12 May 2021
• Which is too bad, because there’s a lot of heart, sinew, and energy here.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2021
• Remove the sinew and connective tissue but keep the fat.
  — Paula Forbes, GQ, 1 July 2018
• Fresh food in March, if people were lucky, was fish from traps set in ice and grouse and snowshoe hares snared with loops of sinew.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2018
• Remove any bits of fat and peel away as much sinew as possible.
  — Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 16 June 2022
• There’s not a cement mixer in view, no cranes or pumps or steam shovels, just sinew and sweat.
  — Curbed, 17 Feb. 2022
• Bridling horses, the flow of water, the sinews of an arm, the leaves of a mulberry tree, compasses, water on the moon.
  — Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2019
• After cutting a sinew free, peel off or scrape away any meat that can be removed.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 12 Oct. 2020
• Small businesses are bone and sinew to the U.S. economy.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2020
• Crossfitters get awesome sinew and bone, but lots of muscle and joint strain from pushing heavy weights all-out, all the time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019
• His clothing was made from leather, hide, braided grass and animal sinews, which would have kept him warm in the cold, wet climate.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019
• Often that sense of comfort is felt through nerves and sinews tied directly to childhood.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2020
• This prevents us from using sinew as any form of fishing tackle.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 12 Oct. 2020
• White punk vests with cords that evoked alien-like sinews exposed flesh on waif-like male models with visible bones.
  — Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
• The sinew was usually from the back of an animal or a leg tendon but was sometimes made of rawhide or intestines.
  — Andrew Del-Colle, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2020
• Farley thinks the sinew tied around Lindow Man’s neck could as easily be a necklace as a garrote.
  — Christian Als, Smithsonian, 29 May 2017
• Farley thinks the sinew tied around Lindow Man’s neck could as easily be a necklace as a garrote.
  — Christian Als, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• Instead, you’ll be presented with massive hunks of meat, fat and sinew, clinging to bones as long as your forearm.
  — Nicholas M. Gallagher, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2017
• The result is a mind-numbing recitation of pros and cons, wholly devoid of the sinews of argument, leaving the reader grasping for the point.
  — Brian Stewart, National Review, 5 Oct. 2019
• Halvaesque limestone, discolored from age, stands in for the fondant-like décor: the tense buttresses rise and sprawl, sinew-like, up the walls.
  — Yuliya Komska, Smithsonian, 10 Oct. 2017
• There will be no lunging towards tramlines, or stretching every sinew to serve at speed.
  — Aimee Lewis, CNN, 22 May 2017
• Smaller knives are also good for getting around bone or trimming excess fat or sinew from the muscle.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• Steel makers put sinews of war into the propaganda chest and pronounced it good for business.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 14 June 2022
• This Little Mermaid only provides the skin of progress, not the bone, marrow, sinew, and guts necessary to change a story on a deeper level.
  — Vulture, 22 May 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024