“Arthur's Pass is 920 metres above sea level, and there is a steep descent to Otira in the west.”

“It is the time of fleeting sunlight, of crisper breeze, and the soft, lilting descent of leaves as they give up the battle to hold on.”

“We now commenced our descent towards Courmayeur. Our way lay down a Long precipice of loose rocks and stones that was, fortunately, free from snow.”

“The outcome will be a further descent into a moral vacuum.”

“Clans are created through common descent from a shared male ancestor.”

“Soldiers and civilians desperately fled westward to surrender to the allies than suffer the wrath of the army's descent on Eastern Europe.”

“There are two modes of acquiring title to property, one by descent or inheritance, and the other by purchase or by the act or agreement of the parties.”