- plural of tendril.
tendrils
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Especially brilliant are the contributions of puppet designer James Ortiz, particularly the menacing tendrils that encase Willie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Paul Cremo, who directs the Met's commissioning program, said creating the other-worldly universe for "Bardo" -- in which tendrils engulf singers and ghosts explode -- challenged the Met's technical staff.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
"There's an intestine detached from the rest of the body, surrounded by tendrils of blood vessels from the yolk."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
So-called “dark matter” clumps around galaxies and snakes throughout space in long tendrils.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
From an intergalactic vantage point we would see, strewn like sea froth on the waves of space, innumerable faint, wispy tendrils of light.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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