tentacle
noun
any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
tentacular
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a word derived from
tentacle.
Example Sentences
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One possibility is our difficulty in relating to octopuses: Their personalities are hard to read and their water-dwelling bodies resemble miniature sea monsters with multiple tentacular limbs and bulging eyes.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023
Sometimes there’s the amplified ticking of a clock, a bursting heartbeat, a mismatched thrum of tentacular chords or a brass fanfare sliding into sinister dissonance.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016
But she never quite shook Geraldine’s tentacular grip, or ceased to be tormented by her disapproval.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2016
Much like his colleague Lamar, Washington had a tentacular approach when it came to his music.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2015
Now the partners sat and looked out through the windows of unbreakable glass, watching the work of those tentacular fingers.
From Lords of the Stratosphere by Arthur J. Burks
