descent

• Controlling the speed of the descent is accomplished by how much of the axe head you actually dig in, and can be adjusted quite easily. —  Pooflingers Anonymous
• Her elder sister, who lives in Singapore, is a successful businesswoman selling flower arrangements while her mother of Nyonya descent is a good cook and tailor.
• We walked along the mountain ridge, then went on a similar clamber down the sand dunes down to the valley (though the descent was a lot more gradual this time), and trekked across the salt flats of the valley to the salt canyon. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
• Luckily the weather held off and the descent was as much fun as the climb. —  GJSentinel - Latest News Headlines
• At the low point of their descent is a hinge between the two buildings-a dark, cylinder-shaped room portraying the deportation of the Jews to the concentration camps. —  chicagotribune.com -

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