Verb (used without object) : to descend from the mountaintop. ,The path descends to the pond. ,The title descends through eldest sons. ,He is descended from Cromwell. ,This festival descends from a druidic rite. ,Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime. ,Jupiter descended to humankind. ,to descend upon enemy soldiers. ,He would never descend to baseness. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : The path descends the hill. From Dictionary.com.
Here are the twelve "winners", in descending order. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: The First Annual Daimnation! Despicable] Reference
List them in descending order of importance for you. From Wordnik.com. [Which Activities Should Go On My College Applications? « Literacy Activities « Literacy Help « Literacy News] Reference
Top ten states by % of Catholics, in descending order. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Charles Murray Sees Nonwhite People] Reference
Ryder Cup points list and sent out players in descending order. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - USA no match for Europe at Ryder Cup] Reference
We were now sensibly descending from the high elevation of Azerbijan. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
These are the top ten least ideal district sizes, in descending order. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - House of Delegates district size deviations.] Reference
These were the top ten least ideal district sizes, in descending order. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - House of Delegates district size deviations.] Reference
After that, other descendants, in descending order of age, did the same. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
Clive had the gift of perfect pitch and heard them descending from the G. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Amsterdam by Ian McEwan] Reference
But what, upon descending from the chaise, was the horrour of her first news!. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
I lost it at one point when we were descending from the hill town of Castelnou. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
He works his jaw, and his ears pop as if he were descending from a great height. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg] Reference
Issues in descending order of importance: speed - upload and download uptime cost. From Wordnik.com. [What internet providers are available in Michoacan (Morelia)?] Reference
Shawn Michaels is descending from the heavens in a white Undertaker-style outfit. From Wordnik.com. [Liveblogging WrestleMania 25] Reference
Which four tech giants get the most ink, screen, and airtime, in descending order?. From Wordnik.com. [News quiz: The week in tech] Reference
I read that the Israelis fired warning shots before descending from the helicopter. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident] Reference
A short-term descending trend line is providing target levels to enter and exit positions. From Wordnik.com. [Currency Trading News by DailyFX] Reference
Only in those deep wells where elevators are rising and descending is there shadow or mystery. From Wordnik.com. [This American Life] Reference
Here are the bus lines that go from Guadalajara to Guanajuato in descending order of cost/comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Buses to the border] Reference
On the American frigate, the officers gather around the conference table in descending order of rank. From Wordnik.com. [Love and Merit in the Maritime Historical Novel: Cooper and Scott] Reference
A short-term descending-tops downtrend, however, means the TSEC is soon encountering a critical juncture. From Wordnik.com. [Asia Times Online] Reference
Rounding out the top five smart cities are in descending rank, San Francisco, San Jose, Raleigh, N.C., and Boston. From Wordnik.com. [D.C. is America's smartest city. (We won't lord it over you.)] Reference
Which four tech giants get the most ink, screen, and airtime, in descending order? a. Apple, Google, Twitter, Facebook. From Wordnik.com. [News quiz: The week in tech] Reference
The entrance was by way of a flight of steps descending from the sidewalk to what was properly the cellar of the building. From Wordnik.com. [Coffee-Houses and Doss-Houses] Reference
"Do you want to fight?" said Dan, promptly descending from the barrel and doubling up his fists in a business-like manner. From Wordnik.com. [Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys] Reference
We discuss our afterhours short trade on thursday as the SPY finally hit our resistance of the longer term descending channel. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
The next day was spent by our party in descending the crater to the very limits of its seething fires, but I remained at the hotel. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii's Story, by Hawaii's Queen] Reference
Price action has traded along a short-term descending trend line which is providing target levels for entering and exiting positions. From Wordnik.com. [Currency Trading News by DailyFX] Reference
The pair stabilized trading above resistance line for the short term descending channel that insures the suggested scenario yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [FXstreet.com] Reference
The GBP/USD has been in a longer-term descending channel and the pair is currently testing the upper bound of the formation near 1.5200. From Wordnik.com. [Currency Trading News by DailyFX] Reference
A vivid and poetic image to picture the stream turbid and black with melted ice and snow, descending from the mountains into the valley. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The roads here are so steep and so slippery in descending and ascending to and from the Kei, they are totally impassable to the waggons. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
The pair continues trading within the short term descending channel, where the pair is nearing its resistance at 91.35 and met by MA 200. From Wordnik.com. [FXstreet.com] Reference
The recent rise above the long-term descending trendline (B - see dotted line) suggests that the stock is on the verge of such a breakout. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
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