tentacles

Example Sentences

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Mr. Charles’s interest in alternatively abled people, or people who can do special things, that interest has long tentacles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Atkinson said Kwong "did recall a man coming to her door" but "did not appreciate that this was the tentacles reaching her from Hong Kong".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Jellyfish galaxies get their name from the long, flowing streams of gas that stretch out behind them, resembling tentacles.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Google, the core of Alphabet’s business, has its tentacles in various artificial-intelligence applications, and that breadth will be the primary narrative in the megacap internet trade this year, Raymond James argued.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Probably a lion’s mane because it had so many “strings,” which weren’t really strings or hairs or a tangled lion’s mane but lots and lots of tentacles.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein