How to Use tendril in a Sentence

tendril

noun

• A few tendrils of hair framed her face.
• Make sure the hair on the sides (other than the tendrils) on the second pony are drawn tight and sleek.
  — Donna Freydkin, Allure, 11 Sep. 2017
• With a little coaxing, the pea tendrils will take to the twine just fine.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 31 Mar. 2023
• There, poking up through the soil, was a tiny green tendril.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• Sprinkle in the mint, pea tendrils, and vinaigrette and toss to dress.
  — Philly.com, 1 June 2017
• Pour milk in coffee, and the eddies and tendrils of white soon fade to brown.
  — Wired, 11 Aug. 2019
• The closest water is the tendrils of the Charles River.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• Its name comes from its tendrils with three claw-like hooks.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
• Most of the rest form a single shape coming off it, like a tendril.
  — Quanta Magazine, 19 Feb. 2020
• The tendrils of the Josh Hader trade have been big-time assets for the Brewers this year.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2023
• A few of the tendrils stretched out toward him, sensing him.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 8 July 2018
• The mother can wrap these tendrils around the base of a plant or rock to anchor it, McPheeters explains in the video.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
• Markle wore her hair in a low chignon with face-framing tendrils.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Oct. 2018
• Curl green pipe cleaners to form tendrils and wrap around the handle.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
• But as weeks passed, about 85 percent of the device’s tendrils slipped out of his brain.
  — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 22 May 2024
• Roses do not have tendrils, so they must be tied to the arbor.
  — Fran Donegan, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2017
• A nude but warm-looking Lily Aldridge, with mussed tendrils of hair, is the campaign face.
  — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 25 Aug. 2017
• This keeps too many tendrils of egg white from floating off.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 28 July 2023
• Jenner wore her hair in a bun at the crown of her head, with two tendrils framing her face.
  — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 4 June 2018
• But a week later, most of my herbs had turned to withered tendrils.
  — Paige Curtis, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2023
• From the wet finish to the tight tuck behind the ears and the tendril dangling around his eyes, the whole thing is very Johnny Depp.
  — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 10 Dec. 2017
• The spores attach to the ant and germinate, spreading through the host's body via long tendrils called mycelia.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 July 2019
• One large whirl captured by an infrared camera shows a thin tendril snaking high above the rest of the flames.
  — Lila Seidman, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2021
• Hell, the cover features a man and a woman joined at the brain stem by a pink pulsing tendril.
  — Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Her hair was a frizzy mess with curly and wavy tendrils poking out at random.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 30 Oct. 2023
• Kylie wore her hair in an updo with a side part and left one long face-framing tendril.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 16 May 2022
• The same drugs quiet the gyrations of pea tendrils and the clenching of Venus flytraps.
  — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
• The small, round device implanted in the skull is supposed to keep the thin tendrils of electrodes in place.
  — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 22 May 2024
• Fire whirls are small rotating tendrils of flames or smoke that occur along the edges of fires.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
• Her head was like a sack of cobwebs with little tendrils of hair hanging out.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024