sinews

• Yes; they come for the sinews, the bones—for the marrow and the very heart's blood of Great Britain. —  Memoirs of the Life of Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Vol 2
• All those parts that do not subdivide into parts uniform with themselves are composed of parts that do so subdivide, for instance, hand is composed of flesh, sinews, and bones. —  The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - Philosophers - Plato
• The United States, long known as the richest country, had also become the most populous nation of the Caucasian world--and wealth and population had made her vain But with all her material glory, there was not strength in American sinews, nor endurance in her lungs, nor vigor in the product of her loins. —  In the Clutch of the War-God
• I scrambled up the pinnacles, and up on the carven stem of the cross, for my sinews were as steel, and my muscles had dried and hardened until they were as those of the tiger or the great serpent. —  Thomas Wingfold, Curate
• He is girded by a belt of bear-sinews, and bears a hammer called "Miolner," which means the shatterer, and with which he destroys giants, demons, and other foes of Odin the supreme God f:29} See preface to "Waldemar's Chase," p. 115 f:30} It was frequently the practice of the ancient Norsemen, after having entombed their dead kings and heroes, to plant oaks or other trees over them, in order to prevent their remains being disturbed with facility. —  Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces

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