How to Use descend to in a Sentence

descend to

phrasal verb

• Hung in a line near the lobby, these curse tablets descend to a poisonous heap on the floor.
  — Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 16 May 2024
• Bend your elbows to descend to the floor, stopping with your chest just above the ground.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
• The other side of the wall is where the stairway descends to the second level.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
• This is not the first time things have descended to such a level.
  — Steven Casey, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
• The men left Cooper for the night, driving stakes around him to keep him in place, and descended to the safety of camp.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
• After the 26-point Game 3 loss, this team descended to new depths.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
• The Crew Dragon then descended to a gentle splashdown in calm winds and mild seas.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
• This fly prom couple took flight and descended to their prom in a helicopter.
  — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
• The rockets then shut down and the unpowered missile descends to its target.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
• The group descended to the field during batting practice.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• In the evening, families and lovers descend to the Caspian Sea promenade to eat icecream and hotdogs, and enjoy the rides of the mid-city fun fair.
  — J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2024
• As the lander descends to the moon in the coming days, the most dangerous moment is likely the landing’s final step: the fine braking phase.
  — Popular Science, 22 Aug. 2023
• At the end of the service, Francis descended to greet cardinals in his wheelchair.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
• Two of them will board a waiting SpaceX lander, a variant of the company's Starship rocket, and descend to the surface.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Wealthy adventurers are paying huge sums to scale the world's highest peaks, trek to the poles, descend to the ocean's depths, and seek out some of the most remote and dangerous spots on Earth.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 22 July 2023
• But the team sputtered to a 1-5 start that descended to 2-8, dragged down by a terrible offense with an incapable line.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2024
• Put them in dire straits, Chabon seems to be saying, and Jews will descend to the level of their enemies — and the U.S. government will happily back them.
  — Jack Butler, National Review, 4 Nov. 2023
• There’s also an outdoor swimming pool, plus a sizable backyard with a grassy lawn and a wooden deck with stairs descending to the sandy beach.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
• After docking, the Chinese astronauts on board the spacecraft will enter the lander, which is used to descend to the moon’s surface.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 13 July 2023
• Stone steps descend to Guilt & Co., where music lovers line up to see local and touring rock, jazz and indie acts (ticket price per set, 6 dollars).
  — Remy Scalza, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• Ancient legends depict the mythical being, called long in Chinese, descending to the ground with the fog and rising out of the ocean with the sun, moving the seasons in its wake.
  — Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
• The craft imploded while descending to view the Titanic.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
• After that the vehicle will descend to a more circular orbit of about 700 km and prepare for a spacewalk.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024
• Putin’s rise followed years of Russian economic collapse and the bloody Chechen war, a time in which Russia descended to the level of a third-rate power.
  — Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2023
• Floral wallpaper climbs to a bedroom ceiling to be replaced by an array of polka dots and descends to the floor to become plaid.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Now, thousands of fans will descend to the City of Lights (and millions will watch from home) to see the world’s fastest runners, most agile gymnasts and many more athletes compete for Olympic glory.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 June 2024
• The elevator descends to a network of mine-shaft access areas known as panels.
  — Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
• At last, the trail descended to Kings Beach, where bulbous heads of seaweed bobbed between enormous boulders in the water — like Neptune’s bathtub.
  — Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
• The strong, hot, dry, dust-bearing winds typically descend to the Pacific Coast from inland desert regions during the fall.
  — CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
• The conditions were mostly caused by Santa Ana winds, which tapered off on Monday, allowing cool air to descend to the surface.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 10 Oct 2024