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01. We [descended] the staircase to the wine cellar.
02. H. L. Mencken once remarked that it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has [descended] from man.
03. A feeling of tension [descended] on the party after the argument.
04. More than 10,000 protesters are expected to [descend] on the nation's capital this morning.
05. The worse thing you can do when people are being rude to you is to [descend] to their level.
06. She doesn't believe in evolution because she says she simply can't accept that we are [descended] from apes.
07. The airplane experienced engine trouble during its [descent] into Narita Airport.
08. The climbers reached the summit of the mountain this morning at 10:00, and began their [descent] a short time afterward.
09. Depending on the culture, family [descent] can be traced through the male and / or female lines.
10. Hiro's family is of French, Japanese and Ugandan [descent].
11. There is a Chinese proverb which states that when people only talk about things they understand, a great silence will [descend] upon the world.
12. We have now begun our [descent] into Pearson Airport, and should be touching down in about 30 minutes.
13. Every hamster in existence today [descends] from a mother and her 13 babies which were found in a little town in 1930.
14. Most of the people of Iceland are [descendants] of settlers from the Scandinavian countries.
15. In their legends, the people of Vietnam claim to be the [descendants] of a dragon.
16. Scuba divers wear weights on their belts to help them [descend].
17. The city of Paekdusan in North Korea is sacred to all Koreans because according to Korean mythology it is where the 'Son of the Lord of Heaven' [descended] to earth, and the first Korean kingdom began.
18. The people of Cape Verde are [descended] from a mix of West African slaves and Portuguese colonists.
19. The great majority of the people of Mexico are of mixed Spanish and indigenous [descent].

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Descend — De*scend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descending}.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.] 1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • descend — ► VERB 1) move down or downwards. 2) slope or lead downwards. 3) (descend to) lower oneself to commit (a shameful act). 4) (descend on) make a sudden attack on or unwelcome visit to. 5) (be descended from) be a blood relative of (an a …   English terms dictionary

  • descend — c.1300, from O.Fr. descendre (10c.) descend, dismount; fall into; originate in, from L. descendere come down, descend, sink, from de down (see DE (Cf. de )) + scandere to climb, from PIE root *skand jump (see SCAN (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • descend — [v1] move down, lower a cascade, cataract, cave in*, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, deplane, detrain, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble*, drop, fall, fall prostrate, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light,… …   New thesaurus

  • Descend — De*scend , v. t. To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder. [1913 Webster] But never tears his cheek descended. Byron. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • descend — de·scend /di send/ vi: to pass by inheritance de·scen·di·bil·i·ty / ˌsen də bi lə tē/ n de·scend·ible / sen də bəl/ adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • descend on — index attack Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • descend — descend, dismount, alight mean to get or come down from a height. One descends when one climbs down a slope (as of a hill or mountain), a ladder, a step, a stair, a wall, or a tree; one dismounts when one gets down from a horse or from a bicycle… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • descend — [dē send′, disend′] vi. [ME descenden < OFr descendre < L descendere, to climb down, fall < de , down + scandere, to climb < ? IE base * skend , * skand , to leap > Gr skandalon (> SCANDAL), Sans Skandati, (he) leaps] 1. to move …   English World dictionary

  • descend — de|scend [dıˈsend] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: descendre, from Latin scandere to climb ] 1.) [I and T] formal to move from a higher level to a lower one ≠ ↑ascend ▪ Our plane started to descend. ▪ I heard his footsteps descending… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • descend — verb 1 (I, T) formal to move from a higher level to a lower one: The plane started to descend. (+ from): He descended slowly from the railway carriage. | descend sth: Mrs Danvers descended the stairs. opposite ascend 2 (I) literary if darkness,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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