tendril

Example Sentences

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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

New ideas spread to the rest of the country through friendship and family, so we wanted to get a better idea of the social tendrils that reach out of the South.

From Scientific American

Reflect and, perhaps, break free from the long, knotty tendrils of history.

From New York Times

The tendrils of the panic, like vines from the Upside Down, keep growing, with echoes in conspiracy groups like QAnon.

From Salon

Those in the closer-up seats could see only a tendril of his curly hair sticking up above the instrument.

From Washington Post