descended

Example Sentences

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King Charles and Queen Camilla descended the stairs of the aircraft as they began their four-day visit.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

But before Johnson could arrive, protesters descended on the venue denouncing the governor, who had already arrived, as “corrupt.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

On his tours, Tanenhaus dives into Tulsa’s past as an oil boomtown, when ambitious types from across the country descended on the city and changed it in the process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

He was a diminutive guitar deity who could only have descended in America, but calling him something so plain and mortal as “American” still feels close to sacrilege.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

As she descended the city’s hill, something Håkon had pointed out bounced around in her head: the tsar had wanted the dragons alive, just like how he wanted the Nightingale alive.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack