- plural of tentacle.
tentacles
Example Sentences
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Jellyfish tentacles are lined with thousands of venom-filled stinging cells.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Phishing scams are like an octopus: They have many sticky tentacles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The imagery in “Minions & Monsters” can be ingenious, like the galumphing tentacles on an oversize squid or the close-up shot that goes inside a director’s megaphone to see his tongue waggling at the screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
I watched Les Bleus in person the other day, and their front line is an octopus-like marvel, expanding its tentacles, then striking with violence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
From up close, she saw that the alien creature’s tentacles were actually made of words, tightly packed together, looping lazily over each other.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
