Example Sentences

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The United Airlines flight was descending into San Francisco last week when it received a collision avoidance system alert.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

He reported from Kentucky, Japan and South Africa before arriving in Lebanon in 1982, just as the country was descending into chaos.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2024

Labour leader Keir Starmer said the concrete crisis was "descending into farce"

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

“She had an accident yesterday as she was descending shortly after her summit,” Mr. Ghimire told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2022

A plane was descending; there was the bumpy trailing sound on the tarmac.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie