But in the winter his half-frozen blood refused to circulate, his SINEWS would not move his willing limbs, and he could not work.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
The SINEWS of the right arm had continually to drive the steel through straw and tough weeds entangled in the wheat.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
The SINEWS of her crew were too well strung to feel much fatigue under ordinary circumstances, but the strongest had to acknowledge that they could not have pulled much longer.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston