How to Use descend from in a Sentence

descend from

verb
  • The worst part of tonight was my face descending from the life support mask.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The worst part of tonight was my face descending from the life support mask.
    — Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The worst part of tonight was my face descending from the life support mask.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Other adults help survivors descend from trees and roofs.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Other adults help survivors descend from trees and roofs.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • With stiff limbs, players descended from the bus.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026
  • Visitors can descend from that room to the ground floor on a slide that corkscrews around the central stair.
    — Mark Lamster architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Both might be descended from the Samnite.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Giant tubes of paint descending from the ceiling!
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Curling the strands descending from the ponytail brought polish to the look.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The sisters descended from a line of witches that doomed any man who fell in love with an Owens woman.
    — Katie Simons, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Smoke pours across the stage, shadows creep around every corner, characters descend from the rafters.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Eight climbers died on Mount Everest when they were caught in a blizzard while descending from the summit.
    — USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • All seagrasses descend from a group of flowering plants that includes the arums and water plantains, many of which grow in swamps or along streams.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • They were headed home when the fresh snow, light and soft, suddenly descended from the slopes as one of the most ferocious forces of nature.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Like whales and dolphins, modern seagrasses descend from land-dwelling ancestors.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Abergel left the lengths loose, descending from the base of the twist like the tail of a ponytail, and styled them in soft waves that spilled down just past Kidman's shoulders.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Those prayers were answered when Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskin descended from a helicopter above.
    — Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Those prayers were answered when Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan descended from a helicopter above.
    — CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Per Roland Garros custom, chair umpire Aurelie Tourte descended from her chair to check.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Scientists think dogs descended from an ancient population of gray wolves somewhere in Europe or Asia.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Many, many softly curled tendrils descended from all angles, giving the updo even more soft texture and brushing her neck and collarbones for a flirtatious, come-hither vibe.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The meet is at 9am on the Salish Steps, which descend from Seattle’s famous Pike Place Market.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Crossing into Northern California, the train then descends from the mountains into forests, with rivers running alongside the tracks.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The Tartan Army now descends from Boston to Miami in hopes of witnessing a massive upset.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Today, there are nearly 100 million people descended from those immigrants, and a visit really brings their story to life.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • For a community of a hundred and fifteen thousand, many of whom are descended from Holocaust survivors, these incidents have been profoundly unsettling.
    — Oscar Schwartz, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Logistics getting to 49ers games in Santa Clara can already be tricky, and thousands of fans descending from elsewhere around the globe will be trying to find their way to the matches.
    — Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • The casino operation was launched in 1986, and MGM Resorts descended from that.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The breed is descended from the distinctive Ankole cattle of East Africa and is also found in neighboring Uganda and Burundi.
    — ABC News, 27 June 2026

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