descend
verb (used without object)
to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down.
has been descending
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present perfect progressiveof descend (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For centuries, humanity has been descending an immense staircase whose top is hidden in the clouds and whose lowest steps are lost in a dark abyss.
From Time Magazine Archive
For he has been descending all this time, and is standing looking up the pass.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
Rain has been descending most of the day, and just now is pouring down with great violence.
From The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by John Beatty
