descended in English

verb

1

move or fall downward.

the aircraft began to descend

synonyms: go down, come down, drop, fall, sink, dive, plummet, plunge, nosedive

2

make a sudden attack on.

the militia descended on Rye

3

be a direct blood relative of (a specified, typically illustrious ancestor).

she is descended from Charles II

synonyms: be a descendant of, originate from, issue from, spring from, derive from

verb

go down, come down, drop, fall, sink, dive, plummet, plunge, nosedive
climb down, go down, come down
slope, dip, slant, go down, fall away
alight from, disembark, get down from, get off, dismount
stoop, lower oneself, demean oneself, debase oneself, resort, be reduced
degenerate, deteriorate, decline, sink, slide, fall
come in force on/upon, arrive in hordes on, attack, assail, assault, storm, invade, swoop (down) on, charge
be a descendant of, originate from, issue from, spring from, derive from
be handed down, be passed down, be inherited by
go down, fall, come down
deign, condescend
derive, come
fall, settle

Use "descended" in a sentence

1. Jupiter descended to humankind.

2. Another oppressive night descended.

3. He descended to particulars.

4. She descended the stairs slowly.

5. They descended to the Underground.

6. She descended into a cellar.

7. He is descended from pioneers.

8. He descended into a cellar.

9. He descended from Jewish stock.

10. The children descended the hill.

11. The opinions of the jurisprudents, excluded altogether females descended through males except sisters so descended (Consanguinea;)

12. Visitors descended on us at Christmas.

13. The sun descended behind the hills.

14. Then they descended again to the concourse.

15. The guerrillas descended on the enemy.

16. She descended one flight of stairs.

17. The fight quickly descended into chaos.

18. No, he had not descended from Aaron.

19. A mood of melancholy descended on us.

20. In fact, we're all descended from astronomers.

21. A reverent hush descended on the multitude.

22. The bandits descended upon the defenseless village.

23. The bandits descended on the defenseless village.

24. Dozens of police descended on the building.

25. They descended the slope towards the hamlet.

26. The path descended steeply into the valley.

27. Her family is descended from a werewolf bloodline.

28. Silence descended on the room/over the countryside.

29. He claimed he was descended from the Vikings.

30. The group of dialects descended from Bavarian.

31. So that you descended to the Grave.

32. A lazy somnolence descended on the crowd.

33. Stu's mother is descended from Cherokee Indians.

34. We're not all descended from the Puritans.

35. She claims to be descended from royalty.

36. He was descended from a noble family.

37. Her father is descended from Greek royalty.

38. An uneasy calm descended on the area.

39. He is descended from an honorable family.

40. A hush descended over the waiting crowd.

41. He is descended from an honourable family.

42. 6 Then the first snowflakes descended ominously.

43. White Brazilians descended from the original Portuguese settlers.

44. Letters of congratulation descended on us like snowflakes.

45. The elevator descended slowly to the ground floor.

46. Man appears to be descended from patrilineal ancestors.

47. Through Waxy, Blucher was descended from the Darley Arabian.

48. Within a few minutes, whole prison descended into chaos.

49. The demonstrations in the capital rapidly descended into anarchy.

50. The mountain path descended precipitously to a small valley.