Sentence examples for which he descended from inspiring English sources

He had retired to an upstairs study from which he descended only for family meals.

Some of the typical occupational hazards he faces were in evidence on an episode in which he descended into the pungent underbelly of San Francisco with a sewer inspector.

The would-be thief hid in a lavatory until after closing, then made his way to the roof, from which he descended via a knotted rope to a Memorial Room window, which he broke into.

Superman's "S," we have been told, only coincidentally stands for Superman: in fact, the emblem is the coat of arms of the ancient Kryptonian House of El, from which he descends.

Mr. Lane, left, who plays the central role of Dionysos in an adaptation of the Greek comedy by Aristophanes, gashed and bruised his legs during a scene in which he descends through a trapdoor in the stage floor.

Minor-key works were the product of overlooked people, Gonzales said, such as the Hungarian Jews from which he is descended.

Khadim Ali, from Pakistan, uses the conventions of miniature painting to comment on the repression of an ethnic minority in Afghanistan from which he is descended.

It's not such a surprise that Mills should branch into film-making given the cinematic stock from which he is descended.

He was in hospital for 13 days, and bed-ridden for the next four months, during which time he descended into a deep depression.

He no doubt knew there was one path by which he could descend safely, but perhaps the excitement had misled him.

Mr. Brink pays a professional call upon Julian Northrup, a feisty octogenarian better known as Gramps, only to be rebuffed and later tricked into climbing an apple tree from which he cannot descend to resume his duties.