Sinewed

His hard, sinewed length seemed indelibly imprinted on her flesh, male in its contours. ❋ Janet Dailey (2011)

His long frame was hard and lean, not given to bulging muscles but a sinewed toughness. ❋ Janet Dailey (2011)

I am not an all-organic eater, except in the sense that I try not to eat things that are composed entirely of borosilicates, and I am too much the chemist's daughter (mighty-sinewed chemist's daughter!) not to make that joke. ❋ Mrissa (2010)

I like 'Mighty-sinewed chemist's daughter' myself, though I suspect that's not a kenning because it's, y'know. ❋ Mrissa (2010)

He moved with ferocious grace, the eloquent symmetry of swirling arms and sinewed legs concealing his true speed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Chilean's eyes popped from his head as he struggled furiously to tear away the steel-sinewed hand that had stopped off his breath. ❋ Johnny Pez (2008)

From his disappearing face in shadow deep below his sinewed neck, from his brawny football shoulders down his curling back and curving hips, from his wide, long thighs to his narrow, exquisite ankles, Stevie turned. ❋ Edited By Susie Bright (2006)

He was short and lean, tightly muscled and sinewed. ❋ Tracy Lynn (2003)

She came up to his side and laid her hand on the taut, sinewed muscles of his upper arm. ❋ Janet Dailey (2003)

Her arms curved around him, a hand exploring the sinewed ridges of his backbone. ❋ Janet Dailey (2003)

Their bows are of wood, of a yard long, sinewed on the back with firm sinews, not glued to, but fast girded and tied on. ❋ Unknown (2003)

I had, of course, my quantum of reverences; for the politeness of the north seems to partake of the coldness of the climate and the rigidity of its iron-sinewed rocks. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Many [fishing] [decisions] are left to the brain of the person fishing, not his or her luck, [muscle], or sinew ❋ I Make Meanings Of Words :) (2020)