The long descent of the stairs had made them all tired.

It seemed a long descent, ending at last in a space that was either a small room or a very large landing.

Burning now, it held its long, straight descent toward the sea.

The heat and the long descent had taken a toll on them.

Perhaps Phyllis felt the same way, for she moved to the other side of the car, and the long descent passed in silence.

I leaped up and ran, following his long descent as it changed with the wind.

Then our front man made the long descent and we lost one.

They stayed only a minute or two, then turned to begin the long descent.

At the end of the long descent will be an underground space some 30 feet high.

All that changed in March 2000, when the stock market started its long and painful descent.