Get to know Tentacles better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Tentacles meaning
plural of tentacle
Using Tentacles
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of tentacle
- In the example corpus, tentacles often appears in combinations such as: the tentacles, tentacles of, tentacles and.
Context around Tentacles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tentacles
- In this selection, "tentacles" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, forward, two, stronger, prey, forming and contain stand out and add context to how "tentacles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also the tentacles of the and and the tentacles will hunt. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tentacles" sits close to words such as akhtar, alford and ascertained, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tentacles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The tentacles of terrorist organisations and criminal syndicates extend thousands of miles. (12 words)
He called the fine creature Ozric, after a band he liked, Ozric Tentacles. (13 words)
Sea anemone tentacles contain stinging cells that are used to immobilise prey and for defence. (15 words)
The size of the tentacle is related to the size of the buccal cavity; larger, stronger tentacles can hold prey as small bites are taken from it; with more numerous, smaller tentacles, prey is swallowed whole, so the mouth cavity must be larger. (43 words)
Some species' eggs are fertilized externally after being released through a pore between two tentacles, which in some cases is at the tip of a small projection called the "intertentacular organ" in the base of a pair of tentacles. (39 words)
The civilian Minister and the civilian bureaucrats were not only exposing and uprooting the network of companies owned by the Islamists forced out of power in 2019, but also the tentacles of the commercial empires owned by senior Generals. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
The multiplicity of the platform just makes its name apt, alluding to the many tentacles of the octopus and the metaphorical attribution of the organism to handle several tasks at the same time because of its tentacles.
Only the forward tentacles could easily reach to the 'head', meaning that a mouth on the head would have to be fed by passing food along the line of tentacles.
Some species' eggs are fertilized externally after being released through a pore between two tentacles, which in some cases is at the tip of a small projection called the "intertentacular organ" in the base of a pair of tentacles.
The size of the tentacle is related to the size of the buccal cavity; larger, stronger tentacles can hold prey as small bites are taken from it; with more numerous, smaller tentacles, prey is swallowed whole, so the mouth cavity must be larger.
The venom is injected through the hollow filament to immobilise the prey; the tentacles then manoeuvre the prey to the mouth. citation The tentacles then contract to bring the prey into the stomach.
And three, they auto-target enemies, meaning players just need to fire them out and the tentacles will hunt on their own.
As fast and scary as these were, the Resident Evil 4 Remake appears to have taken this to an entirely new level, with the Las Plagas tentacles forming instantaneously and moving faster and much creepier.
Both Ursula and Vanessa are melodramatic yet incredibly divine forces, and allows their villainy to sprawl and whip, much like Ursula's tentacles.
Datadog has its tentacles in some of the most lucrative cloud verticals that are expected to grow each year spectacularly.
Hostile tentacles will appear from underground but the beast's primary attack is spitting acid in the player's direction.
In the book Brodie challenges much of the urban legend and propaganda served up to narrate farm killings and dispels much of it, while stripping down the tentacles between people, history and present circumstances.
Sea anemone tentacles contain stinging cells that are used to immobilise prey and for defence.
So, by the time we reach the film’s climax, as the tentacles start whipping around with abandon, it’s hard to remember where any of this started.
The civilian Minister and the civilian bureaucrats were not only exposing and uprooting the network of companies owned by the Islamists forced out of power in 2019, but also the tentacles of the commercial empires owned by senior Generals.
The tentacles of terrorist organisations and criminal syndicates extend thousands of miles.
The Wildlife Trusts said: "They are fearsome predators, catching small fish and crustaceans with their long stinging tentacles.
After the cast and credits of the trailer, we then get a look at Troy Baker's character, who seems to be the cultist villain of the game, as well as tentacles emerging in a BB tank.
A huge fabric merchant, she recently expanded her tentacles with an elaborate opening of a new branch of her fabric business in Adeniran Ogunsanya, Surulere, Lagos.
As the tentacles of the Iranian octopus—Hamas, Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Islamist militias in Syria and Iraq—squeeze around Israel’s neck, the bitter reality is that many of our own neighbors will enjoy the spectacle.
He called the fine creature Ozric, after a band he liked, Ozric Tentacles.
Common combinations with tentacles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tentacles 31×
- tentacles of 15×
- tentacles and 14×
- its tentacles 12×
- their tentacles 12×
- with tentacles 8×
- tentacles to 8×
- of tentacles 6×
- tentacles that 6×
- tentacles in 5×