How do you use Descend in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like fall or move, plus the exact meaning.
Descend in a sentence
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Descend meaning
- Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
- To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
Synonyms of Descend
Using Descend
- The main meaning on this page is: Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position. | To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon. | Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
- Useful related words include: fall, move, come, deign.
- Possible Dutch translations are: afdalen, neerdalen.
- In the example corpus, descend often appears in combinations such as: descend on, to descend, descend into.
Context around Descend
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Descend
- In this selection, "descend" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mist, bigwigs, curtains, upon, temporarily and spruce stand out and add context to how "descend" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to descend and as they descend the structures. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "descend" sits close to words such as callum, championed and coherent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with descend
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hikers (left) descend Spruce Mountain. (5 words)
At 74, Charles is the oldest monarch to descend to the throne. (12 words)
As the busy fishing season approaches, more people will descend temporarily on the small town. (15 words)
He also made a promise to the fans, the players and the university, that he wouldn’t let the program descend to what it was before his arrival: five straight seasons with three wins or less, 10 consecutive losing records. (40 words)
Horrifying footage shows the moment flesh-melting 'thermite rain' bombs descend on a town in eastern Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin 's forces continue to employ brutal tactics to cling on to meagre gains. (33 words)
Assembly elections in Telangana saw a high-octane campaign by parties, which saw their bigwigs descend on a slew of constituencies across the state, especially in the final leg of the electioneering. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Along its 400m long suspended track, Gravity Explorer features two spiral turns that riders will experience as they descend the structures.
And Nunez saw the red mist descend as he walked towards Guardiola, who played down the incident after the game.
An Easyjet pilot has shared the trickiest airports to land a plane at - and pilots even need extra training to be able to descend.
Assembly elections in Telangana saw a high-octane campaign by parties, which saw their bigwigs descend on a slew of constituencies across the state, especially in the final leg of the electioneering.
As the busy fishing season approaches, more people will descend temporarily on the small town.
As the curtains descend on this act of women’s football, one thing is clear: the play has only just begun.
As Trump's court appearance approaches, supporters are also expected to descend upon the Miami courthouse where his hearing will be held Tuesday afternoon.
As you descend the concrete stairs into the bar, it’s as if you’re descending into another time, the sounds of jazz and laughter emanating through the small red door.
At 74, Charles is the oldest monarch to descend to the throne.
Before players descend on the mindflayer apparatus to confront him for the second time, it is worth sparing the time and resources to rescue them.
Both of Chetty’s parents descend from the Chettiar caste, a mercantile group historically involved in banking, and the kids were raised to carry on their cultural heritage.
But it was the first chapter of a story replete with missed opportunities, poor governance and international meddling that has seen the country descend into one crisis after another.
But she fears a right to roam would encourage irresponsible dog owners to descend on the countryside with untrained, off-lead animals.
Community groups, charities and organisations are all set to descend on Falkirk’s High Street this weekend as the previously postponed Charities Day goes ahead.
Descend the stairs and cross New England Street into Ann Street down to London Road.
From Nov. 3-5, thousands of Bravoholics will descend upon Caesars Forum for the opportunity to rub shoulders with Bravolebrities and connect with fellow superfans.
He also made a promise to the fans, the players and the university, that he wouldn’t let the program descend to what it was before his arrival: five straight seasons with three wins or less, 10 consecutive losing records.
HFD said a woman in her 60s was hiking at the top of the trail, where she suffered an undisclosed medical emergency and was unable to descend on her own.
Hikers (left) descend Spruce Mountain.
Horrifying footage shows the moment flesh-melting 'thermite rain' bombs descend on a town in eastern Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin 's forces continue to employ brutal tactics to cling on to meagre gains.
Common combinations with descend
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- descend on 69×
- to descend 57×
- descend into 39×
- will descend 31×
- descend to 17×
- descend upon 15×
- and descend 8×
- they descend 7×
- descend from 7×
- descend the 5×