| 3H6 II.iii.4 | [Warwick alone] strokes received ... / Have robbed my strong-knit sinews of their strength |
| Cor V.vi.45 | [Aufidius to First Conspirator, of Coriolanus] my sinews shall be stretched upon him [i.e. I will strain every nerve against him] |
| H5 II.ii.36 | [Scroop to King Henry] service shall with steeled sinews toil [or: strength] |
| Ham I.v.94 | [Hamlet alone] And you, my sinews, grow not instant old, / But bear me stiffly up [F; Q2 swiftly] |
| TC I.iii.136 | [Ulysses to Agamemnon, of emulation] 'tis this fever that keeps Troy on foot, / Not her own sinews |
| TC II.i.99 | [Thersites to Achilles] a great deal of your wit, too, lies in your sinews |
| TC III.i.150 | [Paris to Helen, of Hector's armour] Shall more obey [your fingers] than to the edge of steel / Or force of Greekish sinews |
| TC IV.v.126 | [Hector to Ajax, quoting Ajax on his mixed heritage] the sinews of this leg / All Greek |
| TC V.iii.33 | [Hector to Troilus] Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong |
| TC V.viii.12 | [Achilles to dead Hector] Here lies thy heart, thy sinews, and thy bone |
| Tem III.i.26 | [Ferdinand to Miranda] I had rather crack my sinews |
| Tem IV.i.260 | [Prospero to Ariel, of Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo] shorten up their sinews / With aged cramps |
| TNK I.i.69 | [Theseus to First Queen, of Hercules] He ... swore his sinews thawed |
| TNK II.iv.2 | [Theseus to Arcite] I have not seen, / Since Hercules, a man of tougher sinews |
| TNK IV.ii.127 | [Messenger to Theseus, of one of the knights] his arms are brawny, / Lined with strong sinews |