mus-cles

The scales above her rippling mus-cles were sleek and black like polished onyx.

The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993

Flight was painful, for the efforts of her claw arms had affected her wing mus-cles.

The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993

Her mus-cles had the firmness, the roundness of youth.

The White Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1990

Embarrassed by his flushed skin and knotted mus-cles, the boy answered self-consciously.

Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989

Beneath knees that stung with sores, the boy felt the healthy thrust of the shoulder mus-cles; the animal enjoyed its resilience, and the run through the cool morning became not a threat but a celebration of its own being.

Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989

That would make me easier to spot but my aching butt and stiffening mus-cles wouldn't listen to common sense.

Cold Copper Tears Cook, Glen 1988