Definitions
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- adjective Tendinous.
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- adjective Alternative form of
tendinous .
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Examples
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Twilight phantoms are they, yet moulded in prophetic grace of structure, slim shapely haunches, a supple tendonous neck, the meek apprehensive skull.
Ulysses 2003
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A touch up on the shank, or any tendonous part, when correction is necessary, is all that is required; but the voice, in most cases, will answer as well.
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The travelers entered and demanded banquet; and while they masticated the underdone and tendonous
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Twilight phantoms are they, yet moulded in prophetic grace of structure, slim shapely haunches, a supple tendonous neck, the meek apprehensive skull.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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The ball was jagged, and the tendonous fibres had so grown into it, it was half dissected and half torn out, with most excruciating torture for a moment, the forceps breaking which had hold of the ball.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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