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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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Many, many softly curled tendrils descended from all angles, giving the updo even more soft texture and brushing her neck and collarbones for a flirtatious, come-hither vibe.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Apr. 2026
Purple-pink brittle stars still clung to the corals, their tendril-like arms wrapping around the branches like yarn.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The second shows the entire globe with the oceans topped by swirling white tendrils of clouds.
—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The second shows the entire globe with the oceans topped by swirling white tendrils of clouds.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Apr. 2026
Purple-pink brittle stars still clung to the corals, their tendril-like arms wrapping around the branches like yarn.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The second shows the entire globe with the oceans topped by swirling white tendrils of clouds.
—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The second shows the entire globe with the oceans topped by swirling white tendrils of clouds.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Tendril.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tendril. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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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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