descent

How To Use descent In A Sentence

• You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
• Under the crystal bright light of a full moon their blue marble shined, iridescent.
• The fresher your mackerel the better - look for glassy eyes and bright, iridescent skin. Times, Sunday Times
• “Avoid descent rates of 800 fpm feet per minute or greater at airspeeds less than 40 KCAS,” it said, “KCAS” being the abbreviation for “knots-calibrated air speed.” The Dream Machine
• I got off it and he was incandescent with rage, much of which was to impress the owners. The Sun
• The difference in turn-on time would generally not be noticeable for standard household incandescent bulbs, since they turn on very quickly.
• Without iridescent blue eye shadow, an effulgent outfit or a hair-sprayed coif, she looks normal.
• The plan will also position the Cassini orbiter farther away during that descent.
• Moreover, I can't think of any other 'minority' of which this is remotely true, unless it were to be the other minority from which I can claim descent: people of British or Anglophile provenance. Christopher Hitchens: Reinstate Rick Sanchez!
• Umbilical hernias occur more often in premature infants and those of African American descent.