descended
Example Sentences
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After last week's asset-wide volatility, a sense of calm has descended on trading floors over the past few days, helped by forecast-busting US jobs figures that eased worries about the world's top economy.
From Barron's
The inventors and entrepreneurs Mr. Kimmel profiles weren’t descended from the prosperous German Jews who settled in America beginning in the early 19th century.
The villagers were farmers and traders now, but they were descended from great warriors.
From Literature
So the level of calm that has descended over Italy’s Olympic venues is drawing notice.
From Los Angeles Times
Once the plane reached the patrol zone, the aircraft descended below cloud cover and followed straight, parallel trajectories.
From Barron's
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