descend from
phrasal verb
descended from; descending from; descends from
: to have (something or someone in the past) as an origin or source
Recent evidence supports the theory that birds descended from dinosaurs.
The plants descend from a common ancestor.
They claim to be descended from a noble British family.
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Visitors can descend from that room to the ground floor on a slide that corkscrews around the central stair.
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Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Giant tubes of paint descending from the ceiling!
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
Curling the strands descending from the ponytail brought polish to the look.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2026
Tobin was born in Detroit, in 1952, to parents descended from Irish immigrants, and grew up as the eldest of thirteen children.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
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Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Giant tubes of paint descending from the ceiling!
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
Curling the strands descending from the ponytail brought polish to the look.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2026
Tobin was born in Detroit, in 1952, to parents descended from Irish immigrants, and grew up as the eldest of thirteen children.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for descend from
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“Descend from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/descend%20from. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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