descended
Example Sentences
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This past week, the auto industry descended on New York to unveil its latest models.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar – One night, about 100 women from the Women in Auto Care conference I was attending descended on this place with zero warning — and the staff didn’t miss a beat.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
After the game ended with the Lakers stunning overtime victory, fans lined up to give him high-fives and cheer for him as his family descended a stairway.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
They entered the global stage as Yemen descended into civil war more than a decade ago when the ragtag militia fighters stormed Sanaa and ousted the government from most population centres.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
My palm pattern, my powers, this akrafena—it all comes from the fact that I’m descended from Grandma, one of Asase’s blessed.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
