How To Use Descend In A Sentence

The aircraft descended into a wetland area and had since been forgotten about as it sank below the surface. Times, Sunday Times
The snow relented and we were back to a rocky descending path.
The investigation revealed that it was likely that the airplane gradually accumulated a thin, rough glaze/mixed ice coverage on the leading edge deicing boot surfaces, possibly with ice ridge formation on the leading edge upper surface, as the airplane descended from 7000 feet mean sea level (msl) to 4000 feet msl in icing conditions, which may have been imperceptible to the pilots. WN.com - Business News
It is an Extended Family Tree - showing all the collateral branches of a family, i.e. all the descendants.
The Chin language descended from Tibeto-Burman language domain.

Hesher (Director: Spencer Susser; Screenwriters: Spencer Susser and David Michod; Story by Brian Charles Frank) — A mysterious, anarchical trickster descends on the lives of a family struggling to deal with a painful loss. Sundance 2010 Competition Lineup Arrives, And Here Are Some Highlights » MTV Movies Blog
CANON LXXXI: We have said that a Bishop, or a Presbyter must not descend himself into public offices, but must attend to ecclesiastical needs.
Look, if you want a descending obligato, do it in the privacy of your own home away from us normal people.
What links the eyes of these three coffins, beside the fact that all are painted, is that the inner canthus--the corner of the eye near the nose--descends abruptly and abuts the upper lid, giving them an East Asian appearance. Archive 2008-03-01
The ‘hammer’ and ‘anvil’ bones of the mammalian ear are descendants of these nubbins.
After several days of climbing, high on a huge, exposed face of Annapurna, a mountain almost double the height of Mont Blanc, a storm erupted and the two men decided to descend.
The sound is a direct descendant of old skool UK garage, the bumpy beats of yore with rubbery basslines and cutting edge sampling techniques, taking in everything from soul to electro to jazz to blue grass.
If you hit him back, you'll only be descending to his level.
Then the pleasant little surprises of all kinds that we imagined; and the pleasant looks that greet us when we condescend to accept them; the patience that can translate our most unwarrantable "crossness", because there has been some trifling difficulty in obtaining the half of a star or the corner of a moon which it had pleased us to require, into "such a good sign of being really better"; and then our appetite (which the gods know is at that season singularly keen), how is it not tempted with unutterable dainties and friande morsels, all sorts of amateur cookery in our behalf, where Love himself has not disdained to turn the spit, and look into the stewpan! and all served up so gracefully on the small tray, covered with its delicate white damask cloth, arraying with more than mortal charms the moulds of crystal jelly and pure-looking blanc mange! Zoe: The History of Two Lives
To neatly convey the choice of sizes in the case of such items as drawer pulls, the entire range might be lined up on the page in descending order.
Often the founders or their descendants, they tend to take a longer-term view than purely financial investors and are more concerned with issues such as reputation. Times, Sunday Times
Together with other Brassica species, it likely descends from a hexaploid ancestor followed by extensive rearrangements, making its genome essentially a triplicated A. thaliana genome.
And then there is the current reprehensible practice of offering only two minutes of news throughout the day, with five minutes condescendingly given at certain selected times.
Thousands of visitors are set to descend on York when the five-day festival of horse racing and pageantry comes to the city in June next year.
Medieval parties to celebrate saints' days would often descend into chaos or a protest.
This is about television and the audience, both of which, on the evidence of these programmes, have descended over the past 40 years into a condition of unutterable stupidity.
Often the founders or their descendants, they tend to take a longer-term view than purely financial investors and are more concerned with issues such as reputation. Times, Sunday Times
The presence on an arts board of the occasional, often atypical artist from a minority does not do much for the community, other than condescend to him or her.
At that moment a sudden darkness descended upon the house.
Bena and her husband, a condescending, philandering doctor named Ted, arrive in Pueblo, Colo., in the midst of a drought, as well as the Depression. As The Pages Turn
She belongs to a family descended from free Blacks those released from slavery before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
Corticospinal and corticobulbar fibers descend in large bundles at this level, destined for the pyramids of the medulla oblongata.
Sclavonic blood, or from the descendants of Rurik's companions, differ little in regularity of feature and expression of countenance from the handsomest races of Europe. Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
Carlo lit a cigarette, and wishing the old woman a merry "addio" left and descended the stairs. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
Descended from a long line of respected yogis in Yoga Vedanta philosophy, Swamiji was born in Rajasthan in Northwestern India where he has established a school and other social welfare facilities.
The _vettura_ came to a halt under the shade of some old mulberry trees, and our travelers descended to leave it where it was, for the town was not built with a view to the entrance of carriages. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Broad flights of steps descended directly into the azure water.
I sat in the buggy, holding the reins over the trembling, wild-eyed bay, while William descended and, with great dignity, tied up the disabled swingletree. A Circuit Rider's Wife
It is perhaps correct to say that Moses actually was descended from Levi, and that the later significance of the name Levite is to be explained by reference to him. Prolegomena
WINDING ALONG HIGH ground where tall oaks, maples, and hickories crowded the sky, we descended to a swampy bottom filled with palmettos, water oaks, gums, and bald cypresses. Fire The Sky
The hippogryph reluctantly descended, landing near his rider. WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
Descending downstairs feels like entering a 1970s vision of decadence – all red and gold sequinned drapes, geometric railings and carpeted walls. 10 of the best music venues in London
Moreover, cephalopods or both scaphopods and cephalopods, are closely related to, and descended from, laterally compressed helcionelloids.
Shiites of this branch believed that the Prophet Muhammad's successors or vicars were his cousin and son-in-law, Ali, and the eleven lineal descendants of Ali and the Prophet's daughter, Fatima.
It causes the core body temperature to increase to a peak and descend to a trough once every twenty-four hours.
Besides the majority Sinhala Buddhists, the nation also includes Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamils of recent Indian origin, Muslims, and Burghers, descendants of intermarriages between Sri Lankans and Europeans.
To my knowledge, the patient relations office never discussed the matter with the surgeon -- I certainly never heard from him -- but I did receive a termination letter followed by a series of surprisingly rude and condescending letters from their risk management attorney after I pointed out that HIPPA promises patients will not be "penalized" for filing a privacy complaint. Genital Photos, HIPAA and the Media
And the Gospel of Mark would declare that on my im - mersion, the heavens opened and I saw "a spirit like a dove descending. The Gospel according to the Son
Otherwise nothing useful will be achieved and, instead of debate, we shall descend to the level of vulgar slanging matches.
Darkness has now descended and the moon and stars shine hazily in the clear sky.
A Native American people formerly inhabiting north-central Missouri, with present-day descendants living with the Oto in north-central Oklahoma.
The train station is underneath the terminal so you just descend to the platforms by escalators or lifts.
A sense of unease and foreboding quickly descended on the crowded chamber, followed by a hush minutes later when confirmation came through of what had happened.
Heathcliff, who, kinless and kithless, was in the end compelled to see the property he has so cruelly amassed descend to his hereditary enemies. Emily Brontë
Fugitive slaves from the West Indies or Guyana, or their descendants, were called Maroons.
The draft reflects a similar innocence about how the media operate, while presuming to call shots and issue admonitions and injunctions in an often condescending way.
Our relationship started well, descended into hate-hate, recovered somewhat to love-hate and, latterly, has drifted into respectful acceptance.
To put it simply, this bike climbs like a squirrel, descends like a greased squirrel on a luge, corners like a decagon, and accelerates like a methamphetamine-addicted rabbit. Happy Birthday To Me: BSNYC Turns 1
Ordinary Māori, many of whom were victimized by the police raids, descended upon Parliament today in a hikoi mass march, and beg to differ. Archive 2007-11-01
Kids demand shows that are smart and have lots of action and they remember if you condescend to them.
The command module would then descend to the sea on its parachutes.
The sealed road wends its way across the stark Anti-Atlas and startling scenery appears after Igherm while descending the Akka Valley.
Troopergate was about a dangerous renegade brother-in-law; Walt Monegan was "insubordinate;" Charlie Gibson's interview was full of "gotcha" questions; Katie Couric was just mean and condescending; the shouts of "kill him" and "terrorist" at her rallies were the fault of Bill Ayers; Wardrobegate was the fault of the McCain Campaign; losing the election wasn't her fault, it was George W. Bush and the economy. Shannyn Moore: Gobble Gobblegate
The mikko descended wooden stairs from his steep-roofed palace, its ridgepole adorned with sculptures of ivory-billed woodpeckers. Fire The Sky
Then a strange quiet descends after the Gregorian chant ‘Tantum Ergo’ as the Blessed Sacrament is laid at the altar of repose.
When one departs from the deeds of a specific group into speaking of the vices of a whole race or a people, one is descending to demonization and engaging in pure propaganda.
And then he saw the smooth mask of Dr. Anderson descend, veiling the vivid sensuality of Joy. THIS TIME LOVE
The Romance languages are the modern descendants of Latin, the language of the Roman Empire.
Athenians so far forgot their Philosophy, and the nature of humane production, that they descended unto belief, that the original of their Nation was from the Earth, and had no other beginning then the seminality and womb of their great Mother. El Hombre Que Comía Diccionarios
A trainee controller mistakenly directed a plane to descend through the flight level of another plane.
Dolphins, for example, descend from a hoofed mammal that adapted to life in the ocean about 50 million years ago.
Yet evolution predicts not just successions of forms, but also genetic lineages from ancestors to descendants.
Arriving at the pickup point early, she honked the horn and kept on honking until Peter finally appeared and descended from a high embankment on a slideway of fractured sandstone. From This Beloved Hour
Jacob's dying blessing focusses on the distant future, when the descendants of these twelve will occupy the promised land.
Rounding out the top five smart cities are in descending rank, San Francisco, San Jose, Raleigh, N.C., and Boston. D.C. is America's smartest city. (We won't lord it over you.)
When she discovered they were also out of half-fat coconut milk, the red mist descended and she let rip at the nearest shelf-stacker. Home | Mail Online
You say cable news squanders its resources by descending to tabloid sensationalism, personality cult shows and aping talk radio with high-testosterone shout shows.
He went instantly to the prison, descended to the cell of the "mountebank," called him by name, took him by the hand, and spoke to him. Les Miserables, Volume I, Fantine
At precisely that moment, some other mother, somewhere out in the universe, must have been having an out-of-body experience and decided to descend into my body to seize control of my vocal cords.
It is easier to descend than to ascend.
There would be descending lockage the whole way, and the Lake Erie water would have continued in the Canal until it arrived at the Hudson!
A hush descended on the crowd as the village chief began to speak.
The results are expressed in descending numerical order .
In doing so, he would inevitably have descended into the arena in a totally unacceptable way.
An uncanny silence descended on a school as pupils made a superhuman effort to clamp their lips tightly shut.
There are at least 12 million Americans, she says, who claim to be descended from the former inhabitants of our straths and glens and slums.
This character is common to all animals as the result of their being descended from a common multicellular ancestor that also possessed this character.
Some of the fossils are proving pivotal in testing the hypothesis that birds are the living descendants of dinosaurs.
The woman in our distant ancestry who carried the mitochondrial chromosomes from which all the human mitochondrial chromosomes of the present time are descended. The Runaway Brain: the Evolution of Human Uniqueness
Seagoing exhibition - descended from two generations of seamen, Leonard Shiel has inherited a great love of 'seagoing'. Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
Trials often descend into desperate searches for collateral information, such as the colour of paint, whether a bicycle was in a yard or whether a school was open that year.
Blood then courses down through the descending aorta and comes back to the placenta where it gets oxygenated again by way of two umbilical arteries.
Then the Emir Salamah and his wife and household and all the tribesmen donned garbs black-hued and ashes whereupon to sit they strewed, and ungrateful to them was the taste of food and drink, meat and wine; nor ceased they to beweep their loss, nor could they comprehend what had befallen their son and what of ill-lot had descended upon him from Heaven. Arabian nights. English
Those who fled at once, unburdened by possessions, had a chance of survival, for the rain of ash and pumice, mixed with lithics, that descended for several hours was not necessarily lethal.
Now you may descend the spiral staircase to find a golf simulator instead. Times, Sunday Times
Some faculty members seem to express a condescending, at times almost disdainful, attitude.
And she descended the stairs and, tapping lightly on the door, turned the handle and went in.
A clade is a group, consisting of a single organism and all of its descendants. A Disclaimer for Behe?
It becomes superficial and descends with the great saphenous vein along the medial border of the tibia as far as the middle of the instep.
The mountain path descended precipitously to a small valley.
She descended the stairs carefully because the shoes were pinching her feet.
Other descendants of the marine invertebrates have also left the water.
On the other hand, liking her a lot after spending an evening alternating between trying to save her life, kill her, and turn her mind over to an evil demigoddess, is Prince Tarvek, descendant of the fabled Storm King. Archive 2009-01-01
Owned by descendants of the original lessees who took up the station - sight unseen - in 1877, the famous black soil downs carry more than 60,000 cattle.
As for the climbing gear, I saw nothing in the photos that resembled a descendeur or karabiner.
Since independence the term indigenous, widely used in an affirmative action campaign, has applied almost exclusively to blacks and left out whites and other minorities born in the southern African nation - some the descendants of several generations of settlers. ANC Daily News Briefing
As the ship's company, in their summer whites, descended the gangway in single file, a roar of jubilation filled the air.
The personal paragraphist of 1749 was perhaps no less inaccurate than his descendant of to-day. Henry Fielding: a Memoir
Fish biologists descend in bathyspheres and submarines to the deepest oceanic canyon, and trawlers scrape up odd saltwater nematodes and mollusks from the bottom sediments.
After the organization of a new heaven and a new earth it was taught that upon the latter would descend a beautiful city, with pearly gates and golden streets, called the City of God, the Kingdom of God, the Astral Worship
Each year, just before spring, flocks of fig birds descend on Grafton to build their nests & rear their young.
No plague of locusts descends, the oceans don't boil over with frogs, and the apocalypse isn't ushered in because of our discovery.
Descended from the Carolingian counts and vicomtes, they possessed and exercised very ancient rights of jurisdiction over their lordships.
Turning 50 is a cause for sombre reflection, not celebration," opined Norris and, as a flurry of firemen attempted to free her empurpled cranium, shame descended once more. World Of Lather
Descending into the cellar of the palace, he taped a speech agreeing to free elections and other liberal measures.
From this he adopted the name Plantagenet, and the kings who descended from him and ruled England for more than three hundred years are called the Plantagenets. Famous Men of the Middle Ages
The people of Namoris were, supposedly, descendants of the Lunarians, immortal beings, the subjects of the moon goddess Celhyst, banished to the Earth and subjected to mortality for some misdeed against their queen.
The monkey descended from the tree.
Eastern senators extolled the peace while Senor Villa descended on the tents & adobes of the 13th Cavalry, Columbus, New Mexico
The Pagoda, like hundreds of other buildings in Hawaii, sits on land leased from a trust established more than a century ago by a descendant of the ruler who united the major Hawaiian islands. Hawaii Local's Inside Play
In these early days, the gramophone was considered to be little more than a toy, and the ‘great artists’ of the time did not want to condescend to its perceived level to make recordings.
French literature, discussions on the advisability of establishing a monarchy, on the advisability of establishing a republic, on the advisability of establishing an empire; and before we proceed to examine the arguments, we cannot help being struck at the strange contrast which this multiplicity of open questions presents to our own uninquiring acquiescence in the hereditary polity which has descended to us. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American
The book clearly states that the "lamasery" of Shangri-La was in Tibet, that the native people were Tibetans, spoke the Tibetan language, practiced Tibetan Buddhism and polyandry, wore sheepskin robes and yak leather boots and believed that they were "descended from monkeys". Phayul Latest News
Wilberforce was quite prepared to allow science unfettered freedom to research, and to accepts its findings, just because he did not think that science was the sole truth; if facts emerged which proved that men were descended from some primordial fungus, he could agree, but go on to enter a further ` but ', and adduce further considerations that marked humanity off from the rest of creation. May 7th, 2009
Soon after leaving the Blackheath, we descended from the sandstone platform by the pass of Mount Victoria. Chapter XIX
When darkness descended we hurriedly cleared the kitchen table in order to commence our fretwork.
With her klutziness and jumping into situations without thinking them through, she could easily be an Archie descendant. Tales From Riverdale Digest #36 » Comics Worth Reading
First, the council are of opinion that you should now begin to stir in the thirlage cause; and they think they will be able, from evidence NOVITER REPERTUM, to enable you to amend your condescendence upon the use and wont of the burgh, touching the GRANA INVECTA ET ILLATA. Redgauntlet
But he washed his hands and brushed his hair and they descended to the dining-room, where they ate a 'table d'hote' meal, beginning with lukewarm soup and ending with salty ice cream. Cap'n Dan's Daughter
The fluctuations didn't seem to get worse, but, when we descended into the heliport, I saw the fluctuations corresponded to power inputs.
Like its forerunner, the reverse tope is liable to be any depth or width; it depends on the whim of the spade wielders, or perhaps how deeply they had descended towards the bottom of a tequila bottle. Free riding the roads of Mexico
Iwas walking through a wood of medium-sized pine trees when I noticed a pink shower descending from one. Times, Sunday Times
He made a covenant with Abraham to be God to him and to his descendants after him.
Failing to win the support of his housemates, Mike descends from the roof, giving Clair a nasty shock in the process.
Senior management, when in the lift, should always make a point of condescending to speak. Blaikie's Guide to Modern Manners
A herald announced her as the Countess of Andover, then she descended into the crowd of dancing nobles.
Sorry to descend on you like this, but we had no time to phone.
You can also use it in conjunction with other intensifiers, such as descending sets.
Land is divided among the descendants after the death of the owner.
Later on, of course, he had to pay the reaper, give up his high flying Rock ‘n’ Roll life style, put the demon alcohol behind him and take up golf, but that's another avenue we can descend down on another trip.
The machine whirred to life and slowly began descending.
Americans need to get one thing straight: The Central Intelligence Agency is a spiritual descendent of Hitler's Gestapo. Obama May Let CIA Torturers Walk
Thus Flora on one occasion had been reduced to rage and despair, had her most secret feelings lacerated, had obtained a view of the utmost baseness to which common human nature can descend -- I won't say _a propos de bottes_ as the French would excellently put it but literally _a propos_ of some mislaid cheap lace trimmings for a nightgown the romping one was making for herself. Chance A Tale in Two Parts
The author's revered mother was a descendant from the latter venerable name, united with that of the brave and erudite race of Adamson, of farther north. The Scottish Chiefs
Huw Thornton: without being condescending, I'd like to applaud your clearsighted enunciation of the current problem: what is the solution? On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Professor Hutter's manner is extremely condescending.
Such party bringing such advancement into hotchpot shall thereupon be entitled to his or her proper portion of the whole estate descended, both real and personal; but such advancement shall be valued according to its value at the time said distributee received it.
It has been sought to obtain badges or other distinctions for baronets and also to purge the order of wrongful assumptions, an evil to which the baronetage of Nova Scotia is peculiarly exposed, owing to the dignity being descendible to collateral heirs male of the grantee as well as to those of his body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
The word "Knickerbocker", a Dutch surname, is used as a colloquial term for New Yorkers descended from the origin al Dutch settlers.
He is lineally descended from a respect able family.
Meanwhile, the country continued to descend deeper into fragmentation, general pauperism, and mutual predacity.
Silence descended on a village school when pupils held a sponsored hush for charity.
Sure enough, an extremely tall and bony man descended from the spiral staircase to their right, dressed exquisitely in a solid black suit and tie.
Pelosi descended to the floor of the House, where a saddle-shoed grandson, Paul Vos, leapt into her arms. Boehner Cries As He Moves To Speakership
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The breed is almost directly descended from the Eurasian wild boar.
Presently, on the path some sixty feet above them, but hidden from them by the mass of tumbled rocks through which they had descended, they heard someone puffing and blowing, a stick striking and slipping on the stones, and weird rays of light stole down the mountain-side, and in and out of the vast blocks with which it was overstrewn. The History of David Grieve
Turning, we saw a spotted eagle ray descend the reef wall and glide over the plateau.
A mechanic's son, he is descended on his mother's side from a line of griots.
A clade is an ancestor species and all of its descendants A Disclaimer for Behe?
We do not want to watch his ‘out of control’ yet suspiciously manipulative antics nor listen to his condescending, holier-than-thou judgments.
The upholders of the Stratford-Shakespeare superstition call _us_ the hardest names they can think of, and they keep doing it all the time; very well, if they like to descend to that level, let them do it, but I will not so undignify myself as to follow them. Is Shakespeare Dead? from my autobiography
If not, then some variant of Orwell's nightmare will descend upon the world to enslave and stultify life for the upcoming centuries.
The Slavic verb пить/пити is related to Latin bibere and its descendants (French boire, Italian bere) and more obviously to Greek ποτο. Apple juice
Vertical pitches descend 250 feet to an immense cavern, second in dimensions only to the chamber in Gaping Gill.
Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime.
But ignoring it or treating it with condescendence, motivated by the achievements in Libya, would cost Obama dearly, especially if he fails to take decisive action in Syria or provides Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon -- as well as the regime in Damascus -- with a way out. Raghida Dergham: How Will Iran and Hezbollah Respond to the Syrian Regime's Predicament?
We descended and scrambled and zigged and zagged and trudged ever on.
The minister's speech descended into a rant against his political opponents.
It was a perilous undertaking to climb a walnut tree, for the limbs began to grow high up and the trunk was covered with a rough bark, hence the name shagbark; to shin up, and still more to descend, was apt to make patches or a new seat to your trousers your mother's evening work after you had gone to bed. Confessions of Boyhood
Silicaceous rock powders are believed by many farmers to mimic the remineralization that occurs when glaciers descend from the north, grinding rocks into a fine powder that supplies trace minerals.
It was a vivid reminder that descending the water column in a submarine is an unnatural act.
This last deficiency the guide is in the habit of supplying -- to such as condescend to accept his assistance -- by fastening a leathern strap round his waist, and giving the end of it into the hand of the traveller. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847
Unlike all other jawed vertebrates, placoderms never had teeth, and did not descend from toothed ancestors.
This quotation comes from a conversation between the artist and Sarah Martin in the exhibition catalog, which is essential to understanding the intent of the show—excepting the philosophically naïve yet slightly condescending initial essay, "Re-imagining Reality" by Sîan Ede. An Eruption in Margate
For those of you that are Black but not descendant from the Middle Passage, the everything for you lies in the simple fact that you are Black. 2008 October : Law is Cool
The film's celebration of sheer human daffiness never descends into whimsy.
It was a scorching day and there was a light south-west wind when the select group, including two direct descendants of the islanders, disembarked on the rocks at Clashymore natural harbour.
From her pedestal descend branches of gold, which also encircle the hawsehole.
Just as I helped R. into the stylist's chair the heavens opened up and sheets of rain descended with liquid force, splattering the windows and instantly flooding the parking lot.
In this great class we should probably have to descend far beneath the lowest known fossiliferous stratum to discover the earlier stages, by which the eye has been perfected.
Descend through the forest where various tracks and paths take you to the B970 at Coylumbridge, two miles from Aviemore.
Today's birds descend from a generalist ancestral finch that invaded the islands from mainland Ecuador.
* [7827] Si non credis, non descendit tibi Christus, non tibi passus est. The Death of Death in the Death of Christ
From behind they rise in rough, uneven, and heathy declivities, out of the wide muir before mentioned, between Loch Eitive and Loch Awe; but in front they terminate abruptly in the most frightful precipices, which form the whole side of the pass, and descend at one fall into the water which fills its trough. Chronicles of the Canongate
House maintenance doesn't finish while you're selling houses, in fact it's even more necessary to keep everything shipshape and Bristol fashion when buyers may descend at any moment.
Neither ascendeth hee in Sommer time more Northward then the foresaide place where we arriued, but was euen then descending to the South. The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253.
The music opens impressively with its main - nay, only - theme: three descending tones, blazed out maestoso in unison on the brass.
A shy New York artist fears she may have descended from a family of cursed women who turn into panthers when turned on.
He never condescends to speak to me.
An English creation, it descended from a hot British drink called posset, which consists of eggs, milk, and ale or wine. HOMEMADE VEGAN "PUMPKIN NOG" (AND IT'S A "NOG", NOT A MILKSHAKE!)
Mr. Piccard helped his father invent the bathyscaph, a vessel that allows humans to descend to great depths. The Seattle Times
Scout's slightly condescending love becomes adoring pride. Times, Sunday Times
But the secret and symbolical hint was the harmonical nature of the soul; which, delivered from the body, went again to enjoy the primitive harmony of heaven, from whence it first descended; which, according to its progress traced by antiquity, came down by Cancer, and ascended by Hydriotaphia, or Urn-burial
The intelligent author of the "Treatise on British Birds" does not condescend to justify the right we claim to encage them; but he shows his genuine humanity in instructing us how to render happy and healthful their imprisonment. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
The road rises to pass through mature beech woods (look out for deer) and descends to meet the river again at Stepping Stones.
The race today also looked likely to feature a direct descendant of each horse.
The Jongleurs must have continued long after their masters were stamped out, for their direct successors are with us to-day, and our hand-organ is the descendant of their fearful and wonderful organistrum. Woman's Work in Music
Gingerly I descended and paused, as a waft of cool air freshened my brow.
Those deeply entrenched in parishes are seeking to upgrade their abilities by attending workshops and colloquia on chant and its stylistic descendants. How to Hire a Parish Musician
By the end of the Eocene, modern orders and families replaced the archaic fauna of mostly extinct groups with no living descendants.
The most wonderful thing is that some direct descendants of the original crew of the Mystery came to meet us. Times, Sunday Times
In an age when so much else has descended into degeneracy, the observance of both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday remains as punctilious as ever.
She paused, descending into some distant, nether reverie, and stared at the fish as if in labored communication with it. Fish Story
They come from southern Asia, and are the descendants of birds that were released or escaped from captivity. Times, Sunday Times

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