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  • That same humming Noise, which _many flying Insects_ make, not so much by the Wings, (for when they are cut off, the humming still remains) as by a most swift and brisk Motion of certain Muscles, hid in the Cavity of their Breasts, seems to have somewhat of an affinity to the _Voice_; wherefore I desire the Learned to examine, whether those small _Muscles, which are proper to the Cartilages of the Wind-pipe_, cannot perform somewhat like to that.

    Surdus loquens. English John Conrade Amman 1696

  • Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles « Isegoria

    Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles « Isegoria 2008

  • Muscles from the boy’s thigh were moved to around his mouth.

    Doctors vs Patients: online 2005

  • "It's just a name," he says of the world-famous moniker Muscles from Brussels.

    Twanna A. Hines: Jean-Claude Van Damme Gets "Raw" in JCVD 2008

  • Rosewall, who at 5 feet 9 inches and 150 pounds was jokingly known as Muscles, first won the Australian Championships in 1953, when he was an 18-year-old amateur.

    NYT > Home Page By DAVE SEMINARA 2012

  • Sources said the movie star, dubbed the Muscles From Brussels, was likely to make a full recovery.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • It's hard to know when - or if - the Australian one-man dance act known as Muscles is being serious.

    Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue 2009

  • Well, with no time restrictions you'll have first dibs on that comfy leather chair far, far away from the homeless man who calls all guys "Muscles" and all girls "Curves."

    Andy McDonald: 10 Reasons why Being Unemployed may Work for You Andy McDonald 2011

  • "Muscles" are, as we have shown, par excellence, "organs of motion," and the motions of the tadpole are essentially different from those of the frog.

    The Common Frog 1874

  • Her nickname is "Muscles" because she helps with putting away cones and any other equipment they need to lug around.

    The Frederick News-Post : Local News 2009

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