How to Use sinewy in a Sentence

sinewy

adjective

• The lion has a sinewy body.
• The man crossed his thin, sinewy arms across his chest.
  — Vladimir Sorokin, Harper's Magazine, 13 July 2022
• His face is tanned and sinewy, with a trim white beard.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• The guys were playing in a more sinewy, blood and guts way.
  — Alex Heigl, PEOPLE.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• The track is a mix of sinewy reggae and vintage Stones swagger.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 23 Apr. 2020
• Seen from across the void, the surfaces look sinewy and powerful, like the hide of a giant beast.
  — Curbed, 25 Apr. 2023
• Sharply creased, with a low roof and tiny slits for windows, the DB11 is sinewy and taut through the midsection and bulging at the wheels.
  — James Lipman, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2017
• Ricky Vanasco is a sinewy 6-4 who just seems to materialize in front of you with the grace of a big cat.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
• Her sinewy body and quick movements kept Mr. Itanare, who is also her boyfriend, at bay.
  — New York Times, 2 June 2018
• One of those late works is a standout in the show, a sinewy, crimson colored 1847 work Thunder God.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian, 9 Dec. 2019
• They were lightweight even for the time; sinewy and of course really good riders.
  — National Geographic, 23 June 2018
• The ol' three-chopper slam The rest of the plot stretches the limits of human logic to a sinewy, gruesome extreme.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2018
• There's no shortage of sinewy strength (or mile-long limbs!) in the Hadid family.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2019
• But his sinewy 6-foot-7 frame and steely façade provide only so much armor.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2020
• Where Law and Paltrow are sinewy and bubbly, Flynn and Fanning are rugged, close-faced.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
• The sinewy forward kept tapping the little white ball to himself, off the wall, juggling it airborne.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• But Kane’s suave moves at the time conflicted with hip-hop’s more sinewy direction.
  — Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 6 Sep. 2023
• Meanwhile, shred the beef: Anchor one end of the flank steak with a carving fork and run a second fork the length of the steak, with the grain, shredding it into thin sinewy strips.
  — Mark Bittman, GQ, 26 Jan. 2018
• Sleek and sinewy, the cables are a key feature of Golden Gate Bridge architecture.
  — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2018
• The sinewy hill and its glacial cousins — moraines, kettles and kames — make for a challenging winter hike, especially in deep snow.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2018
• And then there are her tattoos: menacing, full-sleeve designs up and down both of her sinewy, powerful arms.
  — Deaundra Allen, kansascity, 1 July 2018
• Its design is sleek, sinewy, and timeless, and its drooping rear deck captures the essence of sporting sedans and sports cars from an earlier time.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 12 July 2017
• So few species of this lovely small tree seem to do well in heat and humidity, but here the old, sinewy Crataegus marshallii was stretching to a gap in the canopy.
  — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2019
• Taylor-Stuart, a redshirt freshman, was a sinewy 6 foot 2 and as sticky in coverage as any corner in USC’s camp.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
• The rifle is closest to the viewer and the polished wood handle and steel barrel sensuously echo the sinewy arms and bare torso of its owner.
  — Kim Sajet, Smithsonian, 23 Mar. 2018
• Four years later, Lizandro was a sinewy 6-foot-1 center back with a high school diploma and a college scholarship.
  — Ben Teitelbaum, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• Now the saplings stood in neat rows, about as wild as a corn crop, as sinewy and fibrous as cotton, their young bodies bending easily in the winds of whatever change may come.
  — National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2020
• Turay’s sinewy 6-4 frame and athletic skill set have drawn comparisons to Bears edge rusher Leonard Floyd.
  — NOLA.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• War is a smaller film, more compact, sinewy thriller than grand drama of civilization.
  — Richard Lawson, HWD, 12 July 2017
• Its intoxicating blend of sinewy R&B, skittering rock and heady psychedelia should be enhanced on an outdoor concert stage under the stars.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024