tendril
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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
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
Like ivy twining up a wall, a tendril of fear snaked ’round Penelope’s heart.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Through a veil of dark hair tendrils, Audrey Cymone stares intensely into the darkened room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 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
There are still tendrils of pleasure and joy left on the internet, sure.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2025
Gently and assuredly we understand the way choices seeded in the past wind their tendrils through the life of generations not yet born.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
Under their shoes, the paving stones were moving—spiky plant tendrils were pushing up from the cracks.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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