descent
Example Sentences
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I liken them to upside-down waterfalls, accelerating the descent until they hit rocks.
With the sun on its downward arc and a 500-foot descent ahead to fulfill that wistful desire, he thought prudence dictated that it was time to turn home.
From Los Angeles Times
I was born in Montreal, Canada, to an Irish father, Terry, and a mother, Georgette, of Lebanese descent.
As they started their third descent, over Boston, the fumes returned.
Overall, 92 defendants, many of them residents of Somali descent, have been charged, and 60 have been convicted, according to prosecutors.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
