English example sentences with "descending"

So when their screams descending fill the strand, / Misenus from his outlook sounds the fray.
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And he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth, and the top thereof touching heaven: the angels also of God ascending and descending by it, and the Lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac:
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This has allowed snow leopards to hunt markhor instead of descending to relatively low altitude villages to attack precious livestock and being killed in retaliation by angry villagers.
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"Which of these paths do you prefer?" we asked a donkey stuck between an ascending and a descending trail. "I wish there were a pickax to demolish both of them," he replied.
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The Stromboli volcano is one of the most active on Earth, with minor explosions and random lava flows descending from the crater directly into the sea.
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Skatov, 42, reportedly fell from about 7,400 meters. He was the second climber to die on K2 this year, after a renowned Spanish climber, Sergi Mingote, fell to his death last month while descending the mountain.
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He dreamed and saw a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
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That the entire descending aorta in man results from the fusion of two vessels is shown by the rare cases in which the aorta is divided throughout its entire length by a septum.
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The elevator is descending.
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China was descending further and further into decline.
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Presently the reflection of the moon descending on the horizon lit up the den, rendering gradually visible and resplendent the spotted skin of a panther.
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The wolf was descending on its prey.
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Tomorrow, at dawn, when the countryside whitens, I will leave. You see, I know you are waiting for me. I will go through the forest, I will go across the mountains. I cannot stay away from you any longer. I will walk with my eyes fixed on my thoughts, seeing nothing outside, hearing no sound, Alone, unknown, my back bent, my hands crossed, Sad, and the day for me will be like night. I will not watch the gold of the falling evening, Nor the sails in the distance descending towards Harfleur, And when I arrive, I will place on your tomb A bouquet of green holly and flowering heather.
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The people in M.C. Escher's lithograph, "Ascending and Descending", seem to climb up and up a set of stairs, but keep returning to the same level where they started. This is an optical illusion. Could there be a similar musical illusion? Could someone design a musical scale that always seems to be going up in pitch but also goes all the way around to the beginning? Someone could, and did.
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Inhabitants glance quickly at their watches while descending the crowded subway stairs.
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