descend
Example Sentences
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Thrall described how on May 30 he had begun to descend from Camp Four -- at around 7,950m -- and just below the low-oxygen "death zone".
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Soon the world’s media, true-crime junkies and more would descend on her courthouse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
The findings build on earlier ancient DNA studies published in 2021 that first proposed the idea that modern Japanese people descend from three major ancestral sources instead of two.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Then, "I heard deep tremors. So I decided to immediately descend with the guests. And in the end, the three of us were safe."
From BBC • May 8, 2026
As I descend, the fragment of outside light vanishes as I fall into the darkness.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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