involuntary muscle

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Any of the smooth muscles, except for the cardiac muscle, not under control of the will.

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Security guards have also been posted to add some muscle (but this has done little to deter vandals in past years).
Sweden’s Burning Christmas Goat|Nina Strochlic|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Companies like Delta, Apple, and Nike flex their political muscle on behalf of gay rights.
Corporations Are No Longer Silent on LGBT Issues||December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The bell tower bellows loudly when a little muscle power is put into it.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to tangible gifts, the sharing economy really starts to flex its holiday disrupting muscle.
One of a Kind Gifts Are Only a Neighbor Away|Lawrence Ferber|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I lived somewhere in the middle of the food chain—an involuntary humility, which remains the emotional posture behind reason.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How would the involuntary accusation have been embittered, had he known that the Empress drew the same conclusion!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
The strength of the lion is tremendous, owing to the immense mass of muscle around its jaws, shoulders, and forearms.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The man was accustomed to the French of Englishmen, and withdrew without moving a muscle of his face.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
He was a man of gigantic muscle, and seizing the arm of Louis, called aloud to bar the egress.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
In this country an unexplained marked eosinophilia warrants examination of a portion of muscle for Trichina spiralis (p. 255).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd