Synonyms for descending

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-send

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛnd

Définition of descending

Origin : c.1300, from Old French descendre (10c.) "descend, dismount; fall into; originate in," from Latin descendere "come down, descend, sink," from de- "down" (see de-) + scandere "to climb," from PIE root *skand- "jump" (see scan (v.)). Sense of "originate" is late 14c. in English. Related: Descended; descending.

adj moving down

Example sentences :

Descending this, he went forth with her into the dark and silent night.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

After descending the front steps he stopped, as if to consider the way he should take.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Kirkwood reconnoitered through the window, while the driver was descending.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

But, by the time he reached the pavement, the inmates were descending.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

These men are striking against the descending authority from the Royal House.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

In her wrapper she ran out into the hallway and found him descending the stairs.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

White Fang sprang clear, just in time to escape the descending blow.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Descending again to the bed-room, I set to work with my tools.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Now that they were descending the slope, he saw where the water was.
Extract from : « Flamedown » by Horace Brown Fyfe

Descending to the bank of the river, he called, crying out as Panaumbe had done.
Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain

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