tendril

Example Sentences

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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

There, poking up through the soil, was a tiny green tendril.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023

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

No one knows exactly when, but from the vast expanse of tropical air around the Equator, atmospheric currents will pluck out a long tendril of water vapor and funnel it toward the West Coast.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2022

A tendril of something began to rise up in her stomach.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu