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adjective

muscular

CEFR C1

of or relating to or consisting of muscle

In a sentence

Six example sentences with muscular, each labelled with its topic.

  • Twelve weeks of progressive overload produced visible muscular development across the shoulders and a noticeable jump in pull-up numbers.

    Fitness

  • The neurologist ordered a biopsy after weakness spread, suspecting a muscular disorder rather than a problem in the nerves.

    Medicine

  • The forward's muscular frame holds position in the paint against defenders who arrive twenty pounds heavier.

    Basketball

  • A hummingbird's muscular chest makes up nearly a third of its weight, powering wings that beat fifty times a second.

    Science

  • Beef shin is a tough muscular cut, so the recipe simmers it for four hours until the fibers finally soften.

    Cooking

  • Renaissance sculptors studied muscular anatomy so closely that a marble arm shows every tendon flexing under the skin.

    Art

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