Sinewed [verb]
Definition of Sinewed:
make more forceful, powerful
Synonyms of Sinewed:
● Bolster
● Restore
● Extend
● Support
● Build up
● Enlarge
● Step up
● Increase
● Sustain
● Set up
● Heighten
● Enhance
● Toughen
● Tone
● Buttress
● Ascend
● Fortify
● Confirm
● Add
● Wax
● Anneal
● Brace
● Empower
● Rise
● Multiply
● Steel
● Mount
● Harden
● Renew
● Temper
● Justify
● Sinew
● Tone up
Opposite/Antonyms of Sinewed:
● Hurt
● Fall
● Drop
● Descend
● Decline
● Kill
● Halt
● Reduce
● Diminish
● Shrink
● Lower
● Dissuade
● Slump
● Soften
● Disprove
● Reject
● Deny
● Ruin
● Subtract
● Slow
● Weaken
● Let down
● Lessen
● Decrease
● Curtail
● Condense
● Abridge
● Destroy
● Hinder
Sentence/Example of Sinewed:
But the buckskins were sinewed with whalebone and used to desert work.
The growl in his deep chest and sinewed throat was that of a wolf.
He showed her his two hands, big and sinewed, capable and strong.
Smiler came in, tattered and unkempt as usual, but wiry and sinewed, as anyone could see at a glance.
He dreamed of building an airplane with metal, wood and fabric to emulate the sinewed, feathered grace of a soaring gull.
A fine figure of a mariner he strode along, erect, deep-chested, thewed and sinewed like a bull.
Ezra opened his mouth, no doubt to cry aloud, but Hal clapped a sinewed hand over it, and slammed him back against the wall.
If his genius was somewhat less fine, it was infinitely better thewed and sinewed.