How to Use muscular in a Sentence

muscular

adjective
  • He has a muscular physique.
  • His legs are very muscular.
  • In many of these songs, the bassline is the true star, svelte and muscular like an Olympic athlete.
    — Elias Leight, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2024
  • He’s not like the fittest, slimmest, trimmest, most muscular guy.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The base is loving the party's muscular signs of life and wants more.
    — Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The breed is known for its fluffy, compact, and muscular body.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
  • Then, with a plop, came the bulbous nose and large muscular foot the conchs rely on to move around.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
  • Then, with a plop, came the bulbous nose and large muscular foot the conchs rely on to move around.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
  • Instead, Parker says the idea is to find a good way to build muscular pumps.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Feb. 2022
  • This isn’t the first time Black has joked about his fellow stars who are known for their muscular physiques.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • No one doubts that a more muscular IRS would pry more taxes out of scofflaws.
    — Alan Fram, Star Tribune, 24 July 2021
  • Meanwhile, the muscular man was trying to reason with the bread vender.
    — Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Still, the desire for a muscular U.S. presence in the world remained.
    — Gerald F. Seib, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The bounty hunter rides the massive and muscular creature to take an upper hand in the fight.
    — Carson Burton, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Your intestines are a muscular tube that winds about 25 feet in your abdomen, the last five of which are home to the gut microbes.
    — Jessica Migala, Women's Health, 24 July 2023
  • The dogs are muscular in stature and have heavier bone structures than pit bulls.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The 35-year-old U.S. veteran has thick, muscular arms and a shaved head.
    — Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Julia was muscular and petite, with a sweep of black hair cut short as a boy’s.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
  • My sister Denise’s legs were long, muscular, and brown, like hers.
    — Margo Jefferson, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2023
  • In one corner, a muscular white-and-brown mutt pulled at a chain leash, baring sharp teeth.
    — Jorge C. Carrasco, New York Times, 30 May 2024
  • Brown is a stunning dancer — tall, lithe and muscular — with a decent singing voice.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Police said one of the men was described as a white man, between 30 and 40 years old, with a muscular build and blue eyes.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • For most passenger cars used on paved roads, the goal of bigger wheels is to fill out the wheel wells for a more muscular look.
    — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Known for his deep voice and muscular stature, Ving Rhames starred as the savvy hacker Luther Stickell.
    — Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Their muscular look has been a source of intrigue on the internet.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 July 2023
  • With his sheer strength and muscular build, Smith certainly looked the part.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021
  • After the verdict, her brother, tall and muscular like Chad, helped walk Nicole down the courthouse steps to the car for the drive home to break the news to Lexy, now 10.
    — Anastasia Dawson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • That was the big a-ha moment for me: This is muscular, very physical art.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
  • But the new design is still a striking, muscular performance, suggesting a plank pose, or a car up on jacks.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The 17-year-old returned from a muscular injury during the victory over Dinamo Zagreb.
    — Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025

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