1 His person, though muscular, was rather attenuated than full; but every nerve and muscle appeared strung and indurated by unremitted exposure and toil.
2 A swift muscular contortion made the left shoulder strike the ground first.
3 Standing by the bar, in the corner of the room, was a brawny, muscular man, full six feet in height, and broad in proportion.
4 If there's anybody comes," said the good man, stretching his tall, muscular form upward, "why here I'm ready for him: and I've got seven sons, each six foot high, and they'll be ready for 'em.'
5 Simeon Halliday, a tall, straight, muscular man, in drab coat and pantaloons, and broad-brimmed hat, now entered.
6 It's only muscular paralysis with Sir Clifford--it doesn't affect him, said Connie, lying as naturally as breathing.
7 Save for his hands and wrists and face and neck he was white as milk, with fine slender muscular flesh.
8 The owner is obviously a muscular man, left-handed, with an excellent set of teeth, careless in his habits, and with no need to practise economy.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face 9 It takes a muscular, energetic fellow, and one with a good set of teeth, to do that.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face 10 That he was a muscular man, strong on his legs, and that he was browned and hardened by exposure to weather.
11 He enjoyed the slight ache in his strong leg, he enjoyed the muscular sensation of movement in his chest as he breathed.
12 And there came over Levin a new feeling of love for this man, till then so little known to him, when he saw how slowly and tenderly Kitty kissed his muscular hand.
13 To the elegance of a nervous and slight form had succeeded the solidity of a rounded and muscular figure.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 22. The Smugglers. 14 This calm tone and perfect ease made Andrea feel that he was, for the moment, restrained by a more muscular hand than his own, and that the restraint could not be easily broken through.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 96. The Contract. 15 The laugh, pitched in a high key and coming from a so muscular frame, seemed like the whinny of an elephant.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 5