Examples of 'descends' in a sentence

Meaning of "descends"

Descend is a verb that means to move or fall downward from a higher place to a lower one. It can be used to describe physical movement, such as descending a staircase, as well as metaphorical concepts like a decrease in quality or status
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  • third-person singular simple present indicative form of descend

How to use "descends" in a sentence

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A second set descends when they attack.
Descends to make a phone call for you.
Its robotic arm descends to pick up a spoon.
It descends to the lowlands in the wet season.
A pall gently descends over the space.
It descends steadily the same way as before.
The dew falls or descends from above.
And descends into this new territory.
Then the contest descends into a brawl.
It descends from his head to his heart.
There is a madness that descends on such occasions.
No one descends from the tree unassisted.
Silence once again descends on the house.
It descends and reforms our attitude to bestowal.
And from heaven descends a grand celebration.

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Descends without wearing the ski goggles.
A haunting emptiness descends over our hearts.
It descends a little lower than the head.
A further outlet descends steeply to the west.
He descends and returns slowly to his place.
The screen then descends back down.
Baby descends through the birth canal.
The flying dutchman descends on bikini bottom.
That she will meet as she descends.
Mankind descends into evil and crime.
Only then a great light descends within me.
It then descends within the spermatic cord.
Tells of a terrible frost that descends in an instant.
The man descends from the ape.
Time is etched and then chaos descends.
The river descends over its course.
And now that the darkness descends.
Hair occasionally descends as far as nape of neck.
Forced from downtown by police as curfew descends.
The kingdom descends from father to son.
The upper palatal margin descends steeply.
The larynx descends as the child grows.
And when the mountain shadow descends.
One of them descends and kills a wolf.
The person from whom a family descends.
The suture then descends in an uneven spiral.
In the world before the darkness descends.
Morgane descends from a long line of witches.
You are just that descends class.
The public descends on the morning edition.
An army from the east descends upon us.
The mouth descends into a short oesophagus.
The opening of the cave descends vertically.
Tranquility descends as you cross the threshold.
Just before my daughter descends the stairs.

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