"descent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I am of Jewish descent, and don't much care about Israel one way or another.
- The brothers were of Jewish descent on the maternal side.
- His father was a social democrat of Jewish descent who had been exiled there.
- He does not think there is a legitimate basis to the people's claims of Jewish descent.
- Abrams was born into a large musical family of Jewish descent.
- The family was of Jewish descent, but the son later described himself as a religious agnostic.
- Some say he was of Jewish descent, without being able to establish this with certainty.
- Caucasians and people of Jewish descent also have an increased risk.
- At the time, he was only the third man of Jewish descent to have been appointed to such a high post in the federal government.
- He was the first person of Jewish descent to hold this position.
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