tendril

A few weeks later, a wispy tendril starts out, climbing up the wooden support.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

A few painstaking moments later and he has freed his bounty—a small caterpillar perhaps an inch long, caked in earth with a reddish tendril of fungus sprouting from its head.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024

A twisty tendril of vapor in white-to-red ombre could be seen snaking behind a bright white light in parts of South Korea’s sky Friday evening.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2022

At one point, she reached out and gently brushed a loose tendril out of the face of the nurse attending her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022

She spent her days, her tendril, sap-green days, walking up and down, up and down, her head jerking to the beat of a drummer so distant only she could hear.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

So it is with Maddie, an extremely online Los Angeles striver, blond tendrils of hair hanging in her face along with the need, deep in her eyes, to become a food influencer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

But for anyone who’s tangled with an eating disorder — and the way its tendrils quietly siphon joy from even the simplest routines — it is something.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

Along the way, I’d expect more leaks and dispatches from the House Oversight Committee, as the enigma of Epstein spreads its tendrils.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

Watching the “Russian Doll” hologram, we hear green tendrils of Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre du printemps” in the musical mix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025

She returned to our room, stopping at the vanity to pluck at her tendrils and smooth her French roll.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English