tendrils

Example Sentences

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Through a veil of dark hair tendrils, Audrey Cymone stares intensely into the darkened room.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 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

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

In these dark times, it's more important than ever to nurse tendrils of joy.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2024

Kabul was eerily silent, quilted in white, tendrils of smoke snaking up here and there.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini