tendrils

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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

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 • Nov. 28, 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

Nico stared at the tendrils of darkness undulating from the ruins.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan