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the sinews
noun
A cord or tendon of the body.
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Infrastructure, the sinews of every economy, is patchy.
Mogg's mantra: "Subsidy weakens the sinews of self-help".
The sinews were bursting, the arm bones loosening.
The sinews tauten a lot, but not to the extent of rendering the suspension redundant.
However, building the sinews of this new economy is not just about the investment in things.
And so the wolf's shoes are "pulled off from the claws to the sinews. . . .
From the beginning of history, horses were the sinews of empire.
"We need money," he pleaded, adding: "Money is the sinews of war".
He bends over so far to be fair that you can almost feel the sinews straining.
For a little while, one can see the sinews of the city, raw and exposed.
Writers have more important work: authenticity, exposure of the sinews of the world and human relationships.
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