muscle-bound
Britishadjective
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having overdeveloped and inelastic muscles
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lacking flexibility
Example Sentences
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"This is going to be an event you're really gonna like," Trump said as he hosted some of the muscle-bound, bare-knuckle fighters in the Oval Office in May.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
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
That emotion was evident in a different way on Friday, with a newly muscle-bound Vesia throwing darts in a breathtaking bullpen session.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 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
There, as we stood at attention, the muscle-bound instructor told us he could put us on restriction for what had happened, then commanded, “Down on the floor.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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