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UK
/mˈʌsəl/
]
[ US /ˈməsəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈməsəɫ/ ]
NOUN
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a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him - one of the contractile organs of the body
- animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
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authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign - possessing muscular strength
VERB
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make one's way by force
He muscled his way into the office
How To Use muscle In A Sentence
- The Huilloc men are only a little taller than their womenfolk, with broad chests, powerful shoulders and heavily muscled legs.
- It's soundproof and completely dark, and I go in there for a couple of hours at a time, You don't realize how much stress you carry around in your muscles and tissue until you lie in this completely buoyant environment.
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- The problem is that plyometrics often cause excessive muscle soreness and can lead to serious joint injuries.
- The networks related to cellular development and connective tissue disorder showed that enzymes such as phosphoglycerate 12 mutase (glycolysis), muscle proteins such as myosin heavy chain 4 (Actin cytoskeleton signaling), nebulin-related anchoring protein (Actin binding protein) were significantly down regulated by TWEAK ( PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- The process of inspiration is active and requires energy for muscle contraction.
- You will be surprised at the power of muscle memory. Times, Sunday Times
- The depth and rate of breathing are controlled by special centres in the brain, which influence the nerves that cause contraction and relaxation of the muscles of respiration.
- As Locke and Jean stumbled to their feet, the door on the wall opposite the window slammed open, and in stepped a broad-shouldered man with the slablike muscles of a stevedore or a smith. Archive 2008-07-01
- The face muscles set differently when we think we are observed; it becomes habitual. Times, Sunday Times
