The descent was slowing now as the windlass crew eased off in paying out the rope.

His descent slowed, but did not stop.

But when we pass the site of an old logging camp, the stream becomes the trail and our descent slows markedly.

His descent slowed, slowed, until he was finally hovering, just above the surface.

Suddenly, part of its engine section ignited again, and its descent slowed.

Rod thought about the earth, and their descent slowed and stopped.

The X-7 eventually returned to Earth, its descent slowed by parachute.

He dug his heels in and their descent slowed, then stopped.

In a minute, wings flared and its descent slowed.

Indeed, she did not even reach the bottom; with a fathom still to go, her descent slowed and stopped.