Synonyms:
muscle
Meaning: make one's way by force; "He muscled his way into the office"
Usage examples
I quivered not in a muscle.
But just the thing for acquiring (ouch!) muscle tone.
The Oyster can close them by means of a strong muscle.
I was now thoroughly awake, but as unable to move a muscle as though turned to stone.
He was six feet three inches high, and in every respect, a man of bone, sinew and muscle.
The man who walks in his sleep ignores the flesh and all its wonderful play of muscle, joint, and nerve.
The girl, clinging desperately to the noose, strained every muscle to hold the great weight dangling at the lower end of the rope.
Newman went to his cabin and the muscle called Moose spoke thoughtfully. That is, as nearly thoughtfully as his mental equipment would allow.
The boy felt stiff and sore in every bone and muscle, and, although the cannon and rifles were silent, there was still a hollow roaring in his ears.
I felt under me the play of each individual muscle: his joints were so elastic, and his every movement glided so into the next, that not once did he jar me.