How to Use sinew in a Sentence

sinew

noun
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  • 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

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