Used in a Sentence

tendrils

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tendrils.

Editorial note

But the point remains that all of those things have 'tendrils' and the mosaic effect is very real.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tendrils gathered in one view.

noun

(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.

noun

(by extension) Anything shaped like a tendril or coil.

noun

(zoology) A hair-like tentacle.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tendrils.

noun

(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.

noun

(by extension) Anything shaped like a tendril or coil.

noun

(zoology) A hair-like tentacle.

Example sentences

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But the point remains that all of those things have 'tendrils' and the mosaic effect is very real.

2

The existence of such heinous things as the TAO, and its tendrils, brings on a serious depression.

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It remains to be seen if the rest of the military industrial complex and its government tendrils will allow that.

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Not long ago, Google was roundly denounced as a privacy-invading censorious copyright enforcer extending its monopolistic tendrils into every aspect of our lives.

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Given those deep tendrils into our subconscious I wasn't surprised at the harsh response Soylent received.

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There are tendrils that possibly connect it to Archimedes or his School.

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And it already has it's tendrils entrenched - it's not like anglo democracies will extradite their own citizens to China, but it happens with the US.

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C++ changes often have tendrils all through the system.

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Compact disc owners have noted 'black crud' as a failure mode, where the tendrils of black oxide begin to develop on the disk surface between the layers.

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I don't think it's a good idea for conferences which are normally a discussion ground for some particular topic to grow tendrils outside that topic.

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A vim plugin pack could work very well—I think the problem is with many of the plugins, which were built to scratch the author's itch and inadvertently dig their tendrils into half of vim's functionality.

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Maybe its time to just back the fuck off and take our tendrils out of every nation on Earth for once and maybe try to be good to our fellow man.

Quote examples

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Thinking that Node is somehow more "stable" means you've fallen for Joyent's marketing tendrils.

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Light on the cosmic web (January): Researchers used the radiation emitted by a quasar as a "cosmic flashlight" to illuminate the hidden tendrils of dark matter that underlie the visible Universe.

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Example: "Some areas of artistic endeavour seem to try to prove that art is worthless and a joke; it’s a little hard to explain some areas of modern or post-modern art" This has the sniffing of someone that isn't willing to follow the tendrils of a work, and certainly doesn't show a willingness to invest effort to understanding.

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Over and over we run into solutions that are borked from the start because they have a basic, bare-bones authentication component that is included because customers expect to be able to log in "out of the box" but then can't be replaced with a sophisticated authentication module because that basic bare-bones piece has its crappy insecure tendrils entwined throughout the rest of the product.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tendrils in a sentence?

But the point remains that all of those things have 'tendrils' and the mosaic effect is very real.

What does tendrils mean?

(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.

What part of speech is tendrils?

tendrils is commonly used as noun.