tendrils

Example Sentences

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Somehow, the tiny thin tendrils still hold on.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Data provided to The Times by Melissa, a global address provider, shows that most of those displaced in the two fires stayed close to home but they also spread tendrils across the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

The tendrils of the tightly strung material connect, both physically and metaphorically, the wartime experiences documented in the photocopied pages scattered about, but they also bring to mind out-of-control cell growth and cancerous disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

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

The tendrils got thicker, exuding a steamy green vapor that smelled of boiled cabbage.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan