Synonyms for sinew

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sin-yoo

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪn yu

Définition of sinew

Origin : Old English seonowe, oblique form of nominative sionu "sinew," from Proto-Germanic *senawo (cf. Old Saxon sinewa, Old Norse sina, Old Frisian sine, Middle Dutch senuwe, Dutch zenuw, Old High German senawa, German Sehne), from PIE root *sai- "to tie, bind" (cf. Sanskrit snavah "sinew," Avestan snavar, Irish sin "chain").

noun strength

Example sentences :

I strained a sinew on the day that I slew the three men at Castelnau.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The doctrine of Laissez-Faire is the sinew of her policy toward the European states.
Extract from : « The Arena » by Various

The bone and sinew is in Africa—we wish to give it direction.
Extract from : « Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party » by Martin Robinson Delany

He was small of person, but every sinew in his wiry frame was of steel.
Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai

Small as the old man was, he was all sinew and muscle; his clutch was like that of a vice.
Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston

The merchants, mechanics, and farmers, who constitute the bone and sinew of India.
Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley

Excitement is the backbone and muscle and sinew of our beings.
Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter

Then they threaded the sinew through the holes in an “over-and-over seam.”
Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

He looked at the "bone and sinew of the nation," who prodded each other.
Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart

These are the bone and sinew of the city, wanting to know which army to enter.
Extract from : « A Military Genius » by Sarah Ellen Blackwell

Antonyms for sinew

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