How to use "tentacle" in a sentence

As he opened it, a long thick tentacle of the giant squid came inside like a snake and pulled the man outside

We fought them with our axes, but the large one, the one with Captain Nemo's man in his tentacle, stood holding the man in the air

Captain Nemo saw this, cut off the squid's tentacle and saved Ned Land.

One tentacle held onto the cylinder; another moved in the air.

And suddenly I heard a shout and saw a long tentacle reaching over the shoulder of the machine to the little cage on its back

The tentacle was now two metres or more into the room, moving backwards and forwards with strange, sudden movements

Then I heard a faint metallic sound as the tentacle moved back across the kitchen floor

The tentacle did not come into the hall again, but I lay all the tenth day in the darkness, too frightened even to move for a drink

This made me feel a lot better, and the noise of the pump did not bring a tentacle in through the opening.