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1
: a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support
2
: something suggestive of a tendril
creeping tendrils of fog
Examples of tendril in a Sentence
A few tendrils of hair framed her face.
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The first hit is almost always the tail — one crunch of its compactor-like jaws and the tail is either severed or hangs by a tendril.
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Pat Smith, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025
Dark matter pinwheels Galaxies like our Milky Way are famous for their sparkling spiral arms, dotted with diamond-like stars and full of glowing gas and dusty tendrils.
—Stephen Clark – Jun 6, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Notably, one is the worker who spotted the tendrils in the pipes but didn’t have the opportunity to share that update with anyone.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
One micro-braided tendril brushed her face and a few were left free of the bun to fall over her shoulders.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 31 Mar. 2025
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Pat Smith, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025
Dark matter pinwheels Galaxies like our Milky Way are famous for their sparkling spiral arms, dotted with diamond-like stars and full of glowing gas and dusty tendrils.
—Stephen Clark – Jun 6, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Notably, one is the worker who spotted the tendrils in the pipes but didn’t have the opportunity to share that update with anyone.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
One micro-braided tendril brushed her face and a few were left free of the bun to fall over her shoulders.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Tendril.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tendril. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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tendril
noun
ten·dril
ˈten-drəl 
1
: a slender leafless winding stem by which some climbing plants fasten themselves to a support
2
: something that curls like a tendril
tendrils of hair
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