How to Use tentacle in a Sentence

tentacle

noun
  • The corporation's tentacles are felt in every sector of the industry.
  • The evil Doc swings from a light post thanks to his tentacle arms.
    Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The lack of the trailing tentacle for which the Atolla jelly is known.
    Sarah Parvinistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • And some of us understand that rock has so many tentacles to blues and to church.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
  • Just one of the many tentacles to an issue that won’t go away anytime soon.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Its tentacles are going to reach all corners of the earth.
    Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2023
  • The tar whale screeched and eldritch tentacles burst from its face, forming a maw designed to drag me into the world of the dead.
    Matthew Gault, Time, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The problem has tentacles far beyond the welfare of those living on the streets.
    Maeve Reston and Video By Gabe Ramirez, CNN, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The species is quite small — sometimes just a half inch across — and is distinguished by the bulbous tips of its tentacles.
    Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • As tentacles explode out of mouths and a chicken bursts through a man's chest, things reach a boiling point.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
  • The tentacles on its back appear to have some type of defensive role.
    oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Who said the prosthetic limb needs to look like a hand and not like a tentacle from an octopus?
    Gary Stix, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
  • The footage is eerily transfixing, and shows the worms and eels weaving their way through the bones of the dead whale while octopi watch on with their tentacles raised.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Read Next Deep-sea creature — with yellowy tentacles and over 80 feet — is new species.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In one pic the model wears just the Network silver ear cuff, while a lengthy silver tentacle protrudes from the top of her spine.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The close-up on the tentacles wriggling before Ursula sticks this thing in her nose?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 May 2024
  • During my visit, the grayish pink tentacles of the octopus clinging to the side of the glass wall of her tank started to flash bright white.
    Sonia Shah, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • This tentacle-rific two-piece costume comes in six sizes to transform pets big and small into the cutest sea creature in the world.
    Emmy Favilla, CNN Underscored, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Some of those colonies reside in the jelly blob-like float, while others reside in its tentacles.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 6 July 2023
  • The star-nosed mole has 22 tentacle-like rays on its snout that provide it with an exceptional sense of touch.
    Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The center of its body is white and slug-like with skinny yellow tentacles branching off.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Then a protrusion — an arm, a leg, or perhaps a tentacle — pops out.
    Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 26 July 2019
  • In most jellyfish, stinging cells are part of the tentacles.
    Cara Giaimo, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Some corals even seem to investigate the oil with their tentacles.
    Joanna Klein, New York Times, 25 June 2018
  • The caramelized tentacles of the squid were crunchy outside and silky inside; the swordfish was impossibly juicy.
    Seth Kugel, New York Times, 1 July 2019
  • Princess Andromeda was within 20 feet of the sea monster’s tentacles when the horse suddenly popped down on the shore next to her.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2019
  • The body of an armed anemone can reach about 8 inches across and its tentacles can reach almost 20 inches long, the scientists said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
  • By-the-wind sailors also have tiny hanging tentacles with stinging cells.
    Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
  • As is the case with other types of squid, giant squid have eight arms and two tentacles used for feeding that extend and capture food.
    Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 27 Aug. 2018
  • Looking around, something big and orangish-red came into the camera frame, followed by a wave of tentacles.
    Irene Wright, Sacramento Bee, 14 June 2024

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