Sentence examples for as a descent from inspiring English sources

He recently characterised our political paralysis as a descent into strange mental territory.

The second day's walk involved a climb as well as a descent.

What begins as a descent into despair soon becomes something quite different.

A UN representative has described the situation as a "descent into hell".

It is tempting to describe what is happening as a descent into chaos.

But Al Nasir says it is misguided to regard Scott-Heron's later years as a descent into poverty and addiction.

He described the situation in Aden in particular as "catastrophic", a descent into urban warfare, with control of the air and seaports shifting daily between rival groups.

When force is necessary, the agreement calls for officers to "de-escalate" as soon as possible to avoid a descent into brutality.

All 150 passengers and crew on an Airbus A320 flying from Barcelona to Düsseldorf are believed dead after it rapidly lost height and began an as yet unexplained descent into a remote and mountainous area of southern France.

It served as the prelude to a descent into utter chaos and confusion.

You describe this mass cull as "a long descent" or a "retreat to a saner world".