"descend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

descend verbo

descend + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 7
descend the stairs • descend the steps • descend the staircase • descend several feet • descend the ladder • ...
verbo + descend
Kolokacji: 3
begin to descend • begin descending • start descending
descend + preposición
Kolokacji: 39
descend from • descend into • descend on • descend upon • descend through • ...
descend + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 39
slowly descend • descend directly • quickly descend • descend rapidly • gradually descend • ...
1. slowly descend = wolno zejdź slowly descend
3. quickly descend = szybko zejdź quickly descend
4. descend rapidly = zejdź szybko descend rapidly
5. gradually descend = stopniowo zejdź gradually descend
  • It descended gradually until it was a mere four miles above the level of the sea.
  • I descended gradually, and now the road was banked with walls of rock.
  • Awkward and out of place, they descend gradually by train into the ever more violent south.
  • A flat coast is one where the land gradually descends into the sea.
  • Turn right here, and the road gradually descends to the little town of Appenzell.
  • As we gradually descended the curves of the mountain, the air became clearer.
  • He was sure that they were now gradually descending.
  • The highest elevations are in the north, descending gradually to the south, east and west.
  • Ten minutes later, and without having exchanged a word, they descended gradually toward the other bank of the river.
  • He stooped and passed under; the narrow way descended gradually.

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