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Synonyms & Antonyms for sinew
Synonyms: Noun
energy, firepower, force, horsepower, might, muscle, potence, potency, power, puissance, strength, vigor
Antonyms: Noun
impotence, impotency, powerlessness, weakness
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cutting through bone and sinew the justices displayed great intellectual depth and sinew in writing their opinion on this caseRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
The dancing, at times, is spectacular, particularly that of the voguer Jason A. Rodriguez, known as Slim Ninja: Radiating limbs transform his torso into a solid stretch of sinew and muscle, making him at once tense, velvety and effortless. — New York Times, "When It Comes to Dance, ‘Pose’ Never Stands Still," 23 Aug. 2019 These and the millions like them are the hope and sinew of America, the inheritors and guardians of its principles, good people present in all walks of life, and deeply worthy of our love. — Mark Helprin, National Review, "Everyday Americans: Unknown Unknowns," 22 Aug. 2019 Pretty much like now, in other words, except that the money and ingenuity those studios used to spend on things like teaching chimps to make breakfast now go toward turning lines of code into fur and sinew. — New York Times, "‘The Lion King’ Review: The Art of Herding Digital Cats," 11 July 2019 But space has since become a sinew of terrestrial military power in ways that were unimaginable even when Apollo 11 touched down in 1969. — The Economist, "Attacking satellites is increasingly attractive—and dangerous," 18 July 2019 This naturalism spreads to the face, a construction of sinew and bone that brings Leonardo’s autopsy drawings to mind. — New York Times, "What Leonardo da Vinci Couldn’t Finish," 11 July 2019 Virtually unattached to military activity, economic sanctions today threaten connections to bankers, shippers, suppliers — the sinews of globalized trade — just as the Allied blockaders did to Germans around the world in 1918. — Phillip Dehne, Twin Cities, "Phillip Dehne: How World War I transformed economic warfare," 2 July 2019 In 1932, in the midst of the Depression, Krasner studied life drawing under the painter Job Goodman, making crayon studies that were elegant but almost obscenely muscular, capturing the human body in ripples and swells of sinew. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Irrepressible Emotion of Lee Krasner," 13 June 2019 The connective tissue, fat, and sinew holding the muscles together require longer, slower cooking to melt into gelatin, yielding tender meat—and flavorful cooking liquid. — Francine Maroukian, Popular Mechanics, "The Two Ways To Cook Meat Perfectly Every Time," 18 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sinew.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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