"muscle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The African Union is trying to cobble together a peacekeeping force to take the place of Ethiopian troops and lend much-needed muscle to the transitional government.
- Volunteers from the Mennonite Church are lending muscle to construction and repairs.
- Particularly poignant was "Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts," which is - no joke - exactly what bassist Alex Levine was wearing as he lent low-end muscle to Fallon's husky crooning.
- She handed me tools, made notes on our progress, shopped for food and prepared it, lent muscle when mine alone wasn't enough, and applauded, encouraged, and even admired my work.
- The money from all those bottle deposits would lend significant muscle to one of Scenic Hudson's singular missions - the preservation of farmland, now disappearing in the valley at the rate of seven acres a day.
- He started to slide back, but Bolan was behind him, lending muscle to shove Sestic over and beyond the barrier.
- In the second proposal, Dr. Rosenberg plans to insert into the tumor-infiltrating cells a gene for an enzyme known as tumor necrosis factor, which could lend the cells extra tumor-fighting muscle.
- It should be a fair, sensible and practical code, be well publicised - and to help shame misusers and lend muscle to the squashed, intimidated, or left out in the rain, and be posted in each bothy.
- Restrictions on the freedom of assembly were gradually being relaxed, and the massive growth and increasing boldness of the press was lending ever greater muscle to public opinion.
- And they're galvanized by Ms. Weiss, who is simply one of the best drummers in rock: rumbling toward controlled explosions, lending tom-tom muscle to the beat, adding her own layer of cross-rhythm.
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