Sentence examples for descent from from inspiring English sources

The Borghese family claimed descent from Aeneas, son of Venus.

Both are men of ideas who claim descent from Mohammed.

He is a priest-king & claims descent from Mohammed.

Henri was fond of claiming descent from Charlemagne.

Timur (Tamerlane) claimed descent from Genghis Khan's family.

Monday's crash involved a steep descent from its cruising altitude.

The Conservatives, more loosely, claim descent from Bolivar.

All living creatures are related by descent from common ancestors.

They got their golden parachute, or amakudari (descent from heaven).

Within settlements adult males trace patrilineal descent from settlement founders.

The first successful descent from an airplane was by Capt.