Example sentences for: descended

How can you use “descended” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Some have lived in Israel for generations, but most have arrived (or are descended from those who arrived) from every part of the world since the modern Zionist movement began in the late 19th century.

  • Many of the people here are descended from Arab traders — noticeable in the well-attended mosques and the cries of the muezzins in their minarets calling the faithful to prayer.

  • By 9:59, tenants from the 91st floor had already descended the stairs and exited the concourse.

  • Burning jet fuel descended at least one elevator bank.

  • It is impossible to measure how many more civilians who descended to the ground floors would have died but for the NYPD and PAPD personnel directing them-via safe exit routes that avoided jumpers and debris-to leave the complex urgently but calmly.


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