descend
verb (used without object)
to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down.
have descended
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present perfectof descend.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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World leaders have descended on New York for this year's UN General Assembly.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Much has been written about the women who support Clancy, including those who have descended into conspiracy theorizing.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Worse than normalization; we have descended into numbness.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
In the provincial capital Banda Aceh, student groups and civil society organisations have descended on the local parliament to demand greater mobilisation of national resources.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
We have five fingers because we have descended from a Devonian fish that had five phalanges or bones in its fins.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
