- 1[countable, uncountable] a strong band of tissue in the body that joins a muscle to a bone
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- 2[usually plural] (literary) a source of strength or power the sinews of economic life Idioms
to try as hard as you can to do something He strained every nerve to snatch victory from defeat.
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