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descending
adjective as in moving down
Example Sentences
It was not an ordinary Monday morning for commuters traveling on Highway 85 in Cupertino, nor for the students at a nearby college or the passersby who noticed a small, gray single-engine plane descending from the air and safely landing on the freeway.
Russian and Soviet lunar landers used cork to help the rover have grip as it was descending to the surface, he added.
At shortstop, Tommy Edman saved pitcher Brusdar Graterol by leaping high to catch an ill-advised throw and descending to nick second base for a force play.
After descending down a gold escalator at Trump Tower, the site of his family’s penthouse that was their primary residence until 2019, Trump announced his White House bid.
The result is that the descending air heats up by almost 30 degrees Fahrenheit for every vertical mile it sinks.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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