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'descend' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'descend' with 8 example sentences.


descend verb

: 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.
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