descending 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 "descending" in a sentence

1. Right: Descending into Warren’s Shaft

2. The moon is descending down.

3. Practise your scales ascending and descending.

4. Several climbers were descending the mountain.

5. The country was descending into chaos.

6. Within the Anticyclone air is descending.

7. Algo is following a descending resistance line

8. The rest of the ship is descending.

9. Other vampires were descending through the mist.

10. I heard his footsteps descending the stairs.

11. You're through the sigmoid, into the descending colon.

12. They heard his heavy footsteps descending the stairs.

13. Autopoloist Glenn hit by lightning or descending stand

14. Winter cold was already descending upon Tunisian highlands.

15. ◇ Always face the ladder when ascending or descending.

16. The floors were connected by a descending spiral.

17. Mars landing team ‘Awestruck’ by photo of descending rover

18. My sister's family is descending on us this weekend.

19. 6 We are descending into the Galapagos Rift Valley.

20. Melodious of violin, with clouds from the sky, descending.

21. The Dark Times were again descending over the universe.

22. Alighted: to come to rest after descending from the air

23. Set Descending Direction + Go to item LUKAS Cryl Liquid Acrylics

24. Descending Perineum Syndrome: Are Abdominal Hysterectomy and Bowel Habits Linked?

25. It Coursed from the left anterior descending coronary artery to …

26. Abseiling involves descending rope (s) using a friction device (e.g

27. Alighting: to come to rest after descending from the air

28. When the Blightings of age on our heads are descending

29. Alights: to come to rest after descending from the air

30. The Harel Brigade proceeded eastward, descending to the Jordan River.

31. A large woman in a hat was descending on them.

32. The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain.

33. The House of Atreus was a royal family descending from Zeus

34. Especially, it loses this descending modulation to initiate and modulate locomotion.

35. Fingering is listed for two octaves ascending and descending for Arpeggios

36. The data can be ordered either in Ascending or descending way

37. Tetrahedron sandstone statues tower, the existing four, descending, were folded pyramid.

38. Pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors: an Ancestral home

39. My sister and her family are descending on us this weekend.

40. The plane's nose dipped as it started descending towards the runway.

41. The path continues for some way before descending to Garsdale Head.

42. The East, abandoning its secular magnificence was descending into a valley.

43. Continue ascending two more forms and then play the whole thing descending.

44. The doctor is going to put the Colostomy in the descending colon

45. Abseiling is a challenging activity that requires descending from a steep slope

46. If you hit him back, you'll only be descending to his level.

47. To settle or stay after descending: The bird Alighted on the tree

48. The paired Autosomes are arranged from one to 22 in descending size

49. A godlike figure, I thought, descending lightly but with dignity from the sky.

50. Instead, they get the splendor of descending the stairs to their official welcome.