descend upon
Example Sentences
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Now, while the town's year-round residents number fewer than 1,000, that number swells up to 80,000 each September as revellers descend upon Lisdoonvarna from around the world.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Working from a script by Nick Lepard, Perkins carefully lays out a series of enticing clues regarding precisely when and how the terror will descend upon Liz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
Together, Schmitt and Law helped turn the event into an international phenomenon, where thousands of revelers descend upon urban neighborhoods in the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Hurricane season suddenly appeared to descend upon England when the BBC Weather app warned of estimated wind speeds in London of 13,508 mph, and temperatures reaching 404 degrees C in Nottingham.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2024
Gatlinburg is a shock to the system from whichever angle you survey it, but never more so than when you descend upon it from a spell of moist, grubby isolation in the woods.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
