How to Use descent in a Sentence

descent

noun

• The only path that goes down to the river is a rather steep descent, so be careful.
• The book describes his descent into a deep depression after the death of his wife.
• The low is made all the more real by the descent from a manic high.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• No one was hurt, and the cause of the rapid descent remains unclear.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
• While the ride was in descent, the bracket hit the coaster’s track and came off the coaster train.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
• The crew members likely dumped the Tyger’s heavy cannons from the boat to slow her descent.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
• Now, the trail has a more gradual descent to the water.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024
• The 20-minute descent Friday will be the riskiest part of the entire mission.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024
• Harris would be the first Black woman and person of Asian descent to take the White House.
  — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
• Nor have the presidents on screen been of South Asian descent.
  — Peter Kastor, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
• The crew will transfer to the waiting Starship for the descent to the lunar surface.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2025
• Of the eight recent hires, four are Latino, one is Black, one is of Asian descent and two are white.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2022
• And the descent back to the city would present a formidable challenge to our thighs, our knees, and our egos.
  — David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2023
• Five of the victims were of Asian descent and three were Hispanic, and all but two were in their 60s or 70s.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
• Buchanan was born in New Zealand and is of Tongan descent.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022
• That was five less than Friday, and a rapid descent in the cold direction.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2022
• The mayor and three of the seven city council members are of Lebanese descent.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2024
• Besides a steep descent from the parking lot into the canyon, the route is mostly flat.
  — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
• Its descent will also likely be one of the fastest reentries to date.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
• A couple of residents walked up to the police tape, both of them of Asian descent.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
• Four Muslim men of South Asian descent have been shot and killed in the city since November.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022
• Tuerk, a Democrat who is of Cuban descent, is the city’s first Latino mayor.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
• The hike to the W tree from atop the bluff consists of a harrowing descent of a few hundred feet down a 75-degree slope.
  — Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
• The descents of bigger satellites, such as the ISS, have to be controlled because pieces of them will survive the trip.
  — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2024
• The installation required a pitch-black screening room and the film began with a six-minute scene of the descent down the shaft.
  — Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 10 May 2024
• And all four founders were either born in Taiwan or are of Taiwanese descent?
  — Karen Walker, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
• His descent took place on the tenth day of Tishri, 40 days after the Israelites committed sin.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2022
• Nearly all the victims of the Monterey Park attack appear to be of Asian descent, too.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
• Half of the victims killed in Saturday’s shooting were of Asian descent.
  — Aria Jones, Dallas News, 13 May 2023
• Their spacecraft, a lander named Athena, was beginning its final descent down to the lunar surface.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025