Sentence examples for descent my from inspiring English sources

More than being Dominican, more than being an immigrant, more, even, than being of African descent, my rape defined me.

Push from parents: My parents are of Caribbean descent — my mother is Puerto Rican and my father is Jamaican — and it was always impressed on me that my older brother and I had opportunities they didn't have.

As the gates slowly started on its descent my heart fell with it.

Although I am of Métis descent, my upbringing is closer to that of typical farm kids that lived in the Interlake area.

Despite being of Indian descent (my parents immigrated to Canada in the 1970s), being able speak Hindi, and having visited the country on previous occasions, I wasn't spared a culture shock.

As a person of both Indigenous and European descent, my soul became overwhelmed with grief and fear based upon my own encounters, both positive and negative, with law enforcement.

Even those closest to me had a hard time comprehending my descent from my former self.

I frantically finished my own descent, holding my breath and hearing only silence.

Within two hours of starting, I had a huge blister on the heel of my foot which stung with every descent as my feet slid inside the boots.

In 2003, Churchill stated, "I am myself of Muscogee and Creek descent on my father's side, Cherokee on my mother's, and am an enrolled member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians".

Six months after my descent into Hell and my opening to radiance, my face had completely cleared and my rashes and shingles mysteriously healed.