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tendon
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  • The spool rolled in his palms, the tendons in his scarred wrists like rubab strings.†  (source)
  • The tendons in his neck stand out like taut cables.†  (source)
  • Age thins your skin; you can see the veins, the tendons.†  (source)
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  • This was because the tendons had begun to shrivel and contract.†  (source)
    tendons = bands of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle to bone
  • Peony's fingers twitched when Cinder hit a tendon, making her jump.†  (source)
    tendon = a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle to bone
  • "The Lost Chord," her long throat lean and tendoned as her vibrant voice rang out.†  (source)
  • The outside of the suit was covered with an elaborate exoskeleton, a network of artificial tendons and joints that could both sense and inhibit my movements.†  (source)
    tendons = bands of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle to bone
  • Only a few ropes of pale tendon still attached the head to the neck.†  (source)
    tendon = a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle to bone
  • He grinned at her, a cracked, stiff, tootightenedfacial-tendoned grin.†  (source)
  • Then I set to work on the leg and thigh bones, snapping them at the joints and peeling off the tendons and digging out the marrow.†  (source)
    tendons = bands of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle to bone
  • The tendon of his jaw was working, so I knew he was preparing a revelation.†  (source)
    tendon = a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle to bone
  • One by one, the renegade aimed the point of his blade at the soldiers' upper chests, their single vulnerable spot (a medallion-sized area above the breastplate, at the base of the steel-tendoned neck); a direct hit cut through vital inner workings and sent sparks flying, killing them.†  (source)
  • The tendons stood out in his neck.†  (source)
    tendons = bands of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle to bone
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