| 1H4 IV.iv.17 | [Archbishop to Sir Michael, of Glendower and the other rebels] Who with them was a rated sinew too |
| JC I.ii.108 | [Cassius to Brutus, of the torrent] we did buffet it / With lusty sinews [or: muscles] |
| KJ V.ii.63 | [Lewis the Dauphin to English nobles] knit your sinews to the strength of mine |
| TC I.iii.143 | [Ulysses to all, of Achilles] whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host |