Beside him lay a little child, with her round white arms encircling his brown sinewy neck; and her golden-haired head resting upon the breast of his velveteen tunic.
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Sinewy
//ˈsɪnjuːi//
Synonyms for "sinewy" (88 found)
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Translations
23 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- жилав adj (possessing physical strength)
- мускулест adj (possessing physical strength)
Czech
2 entries- svalnatý adj (possessing physical strength)
- šlachovitý adj (tough; having strong sinews)
Dutch
3 entries- beheerst adj (having nervous strength)
- krachtig adj (possessing physical strength)
- pezig adj (tough; having strong sinews)
Finnish
3 entries- jänteikäs adj (tough; having strong sinews)
- jäntevä adj (possessing physical strength)
- lujahermoinen adj (having nervous strength)
German
2 entries- sehnig adj (tough; having strong sinews)
- stark adj (possessing physical strength)
Italian
1 entries- nerboruto adj (tough; having strong sinews)
Māori
2 entries- pakaua adj (tough; having strong sinews)
- pūioio adj (tough; having strong sinews)
Russian
3 entries- жи́листый adj (tough; having strong sinews)
- мускули́стый adj (tough; having strong sinews)
- поджа́рый adj (tough; having strong sinews)
Spanish
4 entries- correoso adj (tough; having strong sinews)
- fibroso adj (possessing physical strength)
- nervoso adj (tough; having strong sinews)
- nervudo adj (tough; having strong sinews)
Swedish
1 entries- senig adj (tough; having strong sinews)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Then again / a third tall shaft I grasp, with sinewy strain / and firm knees pressed against the sandy ground; / when O! shall tongue make utterance or refrain? / forth from below a dismal, groaning sound / heaves, and a piteous voice is wafted from the mound:
Source: tatoeba (6932251)
Again I gripped him by the sleeve, and felt the thin, sinewy arm beneath it. “Well, you're not a spirit, anyhow,” said I.
Source: tatoeba (7432141)
I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]
Source: wiktionary
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