descended
Example Sentences
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A dense snowstorm descended on Denver at the break, making passing difficult in the freezing conditions, forcing both teams to rely on their run games.
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Arsenal appealed for handball against Dorgu but VAR allowed the goal to stand as a worried silence descended on the Emirates Stadium.
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Every two years, teenagers from northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland gather for Arctic games, many of them descended from indigenous peoples who once spoke mutually intelligible languages.
There, amid the shadows of thermal formations under the bright night sky, you’ll really appreciate what this place was like before the summer crowds descended in droves.
The two countries became adversaries shortly after the Castro brothers descended from Cuba’s Sierra Maestra mountains with a bearded crew of guerrillas in 1959.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
