descended
Example Sentences
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Their results indicate that most of Shimao's inhabitants descended from local people who had lived in the region about 1,000 years earlier.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
“I had descended into the strange subterranean structures of aging, almost as a way to avoid the contemporary world … ,” she writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"Say hello to the big ball!" announced Rowsell as a giant mirrorball descended to the stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Police blowing whistles soon descended on the holdouts, forcing them out of the area.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
A chill descended as Erishkigal stopped in front of us.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
