'descend' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'descend' with 8 example sentences.
- descend verb
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: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
: come as if by falling
All humans on Earth are descended from a common ancestor.
The sun descended behind the mountains.
The plane began to descend.
A contagious disease descended on the town.
The muddy track descends to a valley.
A swarm of locusts descended on the cornfield.
The writer was descended from the Greek royal family.
Step by step, he descends the stairs.