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 pilot then ejected into the air for a seven-second descent to earth.
  — Alex Horton, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2022
• Then a knee injury derailed his final two years of high school, leading to his descent down the rankings.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
• One of our backcountry ski gear testers swears by these for his descents and loves the extra-generous field of view, thanks to the unique, curved lens design.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2024
• The Holocaust put paid to the Paris pearl industry, as many merchants were of Jewish descent and were murdered along with their families.
  — Lily Templeton, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
• The candid Whitney Houston biopic set for release today highlights both the singer’s ascent and descent, and the major life events that contributed to each.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 21 Dec. 2022
• The watch party is the latest event that Hammoud, the first mayor of Arab descent in Dearborn's history, has promoted to help the city.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2022
• Much of the chatter is revolutionary talk about Twitter’s descent into darkness, but there is also good reporting on the war and the economy.
  — Martine Paris, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2022
• Harris identifies as a Black woman of multicultural descent; her mother was born in India and her father was born in Jamaica.
  — Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• A couple of residents walked up to the police tape, both of them of Asian descent.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Weighed down by sandbags and pipes, the Titan began its two-and-a-half-hour descent to the storied shipwreck.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024