| AW II.i.59 | [Parolles to Bertram, of the lords] like to prove most sinewy sword-men |
| AYL II.ii.14 | [Second Lord to Duke Frederick] the wrestler / That did but lately foil the sinewy Charles |
| TC II.iii.245 | [Ulysses to Ajax] for thy vigour, / Bull-bearing Milo his addition yield / To sinewy Ajax |
| Ven.99 | [Venus to Adonis, of Mars] Whose sinewy neck in battle ne'er did bow |