muscle-bound
Britishadjective
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having overdeveloped and inelastic muscles
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lacking flexibility
Example Sentences
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Segar’s misfit cast: As ever, Popeye is a muscle-bound mumbler and Olive Oyl an elastic lass.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Now, MIT engineers have developed a spring-like device that could be used as a basic skeleton-like module for almost any muscle-bound bot.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
The year is 1989, the cultural moment when “American Gladiators” brought muscle-bound women with names like Zap and Lace into people’s homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024
Never mind the armies of stunt men and effects specialists making us believe a muscle-bound lead hits with the power of an 18-wheeler, or the controlled explosions that look real but are mostly digitally rendered.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2024
So John Mark, the ruddy-faced, black-leather-jacket-wearing, muscle-bound, tattooed white guy, gets out, walks around the front of the truck, and opens the passenger door.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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