Sentence examples for gentle descent from inspiring English sources

But a continuous gentle descent to the airport would be more fuel-efficient.

Moody used autopilot to glide the plane into a gentle descent.

From Merlet it was a long but gentle descent back to Chamonix, with more fine views across the valley.

Emin is approaching 50 and she is worried about the possibility of a lonely, gentle descent to death.

The gentle descent begins with the tiny pair of houses at Nos. 141 and 143, certainly from the 1830s or earlier.

Just before the summit, the trail turned left, segueing into a gentle descent through stands of young beech trees, their new leaves so green they glowed.

There are few proper black runs, but expert skiers are well served by the off-piste areas, which range from quite gentle descents on the Pierre Lory Pass to the bigger and tougher pitches of the Lac du Lou route.

The great blunt-headed creatures reached the high point of the lift, hung poised, and then with a gentle vertical descent allowed themselves to slip beneath the water again.

The space vehicle reached an altitude of nearly 330,000 feet after it launched from Van Horn, Texas, then made a "gentle, controlled" descent back to the launchpad.

After several decades of rising expectations, the present-day newcomers to adult life confront expectations falling – and much too steeply and abruptly for any hope of a gentle and safe descent.

The gentle, mile-long descent from the campground to the East Fork of the Kaweah was a pleasant one, and once again we found ourselves alone on the trail.