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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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Jessica Fields, Essence, 2 Apr. 2025
Vance with the beard and curly tendrils of a cult leader.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
And to give it a spot-on ‘90s feel, there’s a single tendril stretching all the way down past her chin.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 17 Feb. 2025
Pin back one side of your loose lengths, leaving tendrils loose in front of the ears for some spritely glamour.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tendril
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“Tendril.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tendril. Accessed 14 Apr. 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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