tentacular
adjective
ten·tac·u·lar
ten-ˈta-kyə-lər 
1
: of, relating to, or resembling tentacles
2
: equipped with tentacles
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Adjani won Best Actress at Cannes that year for an unhinged performance that encompasses two roles: Anna, a dissatisfied housewife seeking affections elsewhere and possibly from a tentacular creature, and Helen, the schoolteacher of their son Bob, who takes Anna’s place.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 June 2024
Ghosh’s tentacular history also embraces opium’s entanglement with furniture, architecture, gardens and its role in modern wars.
—Delia Falconer, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Thanks to Lou, Sr.,’s horrific example, Lou knows what to do, but her father, ever tentacular, gets wind of what’s going on.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
The image makes for a neat — perhaps too neat — metaphor for the tentacular reach of memories passed down the maternal line.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 4 July 2023
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 June 2024
Ghosh’s tentacular history also embraces opium’s entanglement with furniture, architecture, gardens and its role in modern wars.
—Delia Falconer, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Thanks to Lou, Sr.,’s horrific example, Lou knows what to do, but her father, ever tentacular, gets wind of what’s going on.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
The image makes for a neat — perhaps too neat — metaphor for the tentacular reach of memories passed down the maternal line.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 4 July 2023
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“Tentacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tentacular. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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