His muscles easily held one hundred pounds off the stack.

His bones popped out of their sockets, but the tendons and the muscles held.

She was tense, her muscles held rigid, her attitude wary.

The crazed scientist seemed to have the strength of ten men, and Curt's weary muscles could not hold him.

There was triumph in the feeling, as his muscles swelled and held.

The thin, hard muscles held him as if they were so many manacles.

He just had the muscles to hold the damned thing up that high, even without using the finger lock.

His mighty muscles held him until he could get into position.

The muscles so held irritated a few nerves, and now a vague scene floated in on the drowsy mind.

My muscles wouldn't hold me, and I started to fall.