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A bruised silence descended on the van. — Hillary Jordan

With him inside the elevator descended. — Philip K. Dick

As I descended into impassable rivers I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen. — Arthur Rimbaud

Oh no, I am descended from the important Carters. — Henry Carter Stuart

If we descended from space aliens, that's just as viable as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, as far as I'm concerned. — Jon Gries

Night descended on Roarhaven like a woolly blanket of blackness with holes in it that were the stars. — Derek Landy

By Mary, God descended from Heaven into the world, so that by her men might ascend from earth into Heaven. — Fulgentius Of Cartagena

A carbon-based bipedal life form descended from an ape. — Douglas Adams

You know you've completely descended into madness when the matter of shampoo has ascended to philosophical heights. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

Once upon a time, chimaera descended by the thousands into a cathedral beneath the earth. And never left. — Laini Taylor

It's better to have won & lost than to have won, stopped trying, & descended into alcoholism. — Craig Benzine

I am descended from a very long line my mother once foolishly listened to. — Phyllis Diller

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man. — H.L. Mencken

An iron curtain has descended over Europe. — Winston Churchill

People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats. — Mark Twain

Having descended beneath it all, He is perfectly positioned to lift us. — Dallin H. Oaks

If Mars formed life, then life on Earth could have been seeded by life on Mars, making every life form on Earth descended from Martians. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

The mood of misery that descended never altogether lifted; it lingered like a cloud that might rain or might not. — Truman Capote

It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own. — Ben Jonson

Even the gods were impressed. They descended from Olympus and loaded Hercules down with so much swag, it got embarrassing. Hermes — Rick Riordan

The main conclusion here arrived at ... is that man is descended from some less highly organized form. — Charles Darwin

So, it was to the pay phone that she descended, bearing the coin of the realm. — Tom Robbins

The truth is very few of us are related to Napoleon or Cleopatra. Although, those are bad examples as I am actually descended from both of them. — Jim Piddock

In 1927, my father descended the heights and took his place as the newly appointed water boy for his beloved New York football Giants. — Jane Leavy

Another legend claims that we descended from wolves - and that the wolves are our sisters still. — Stephenie Meyer

He then learns that in going down into the secrets of his own mind, he has descended into the secrets of all minds. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The philosopher is he to whom the highest has descended, and the lowest has mounted up; who is the equal and kindly brother of all. — Thomas Carlyle

LSU fans have descended upon Dallas and reminded us of this truth: when it comes to partying, they're the pros and we're all amateurs. — Pat Forde

city." As they descended, Eliza — Margaret Bradham Thornton

What kind of world had I descended into that nearly getting rapped had fallen to the bottom of my list of concerns? — Denise Grover Swank

I have always looked upon the life of our Savior who descended beneath all things that He might rise above all things as an example for His followers. — Wilford Woodruff

Umlaut snaps around and we cut to a blond apparition in her early twenties, clearly descended from Olympus by way of Hugh Hefner's mansion. — Woody Allen

Leaving this Parthian shaft to rankle in Anne's stormy bosom, Marilla descended to the kitchen, grievously troubled in mind and vexed in soul. — L.M. Montgomery

Brenda descended the great staircase step by step through alternations of dusk and rainbow. — Evelyn Waugh

At the moment they vanished they were everywhere, the cool benediction of the night descended, the stars sparkled, and the whole universe was a hill. — E. M. Forster

To what level of depravity has a society descended when it condemns a man simply because he is strong and great? — Ayn Rand

Sometimes it was better not to ever live the fantasy. Because when reality descended, it outlined in stark detail just how much the real world sucked. — Maya Banks

As I lay dying, the woman with the dog's eyes would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades. — Homer

My dream went all the way back to the beginning. The rain rose into the clouds, and the animals descended the ramp. — Jonathan Safran Foer

We will not be driven by fear ... if we remember that we are not descended from fearful men. — Edward R. Murrow

Snicker on hearing his name: 'the gentleman who thinks we are descended from the apes.' — Gustave Flaubert

If the press descended, the science would surely suffer. — Carl Sagan

I undertook something that not everyone may undertake: I descended into the depths, I bored into the foundations — Friedrich Nietzsche

A penumbra of sombre dignity has descended over his reputation. — James Atlas

Upon him the contempt of three planets descended. — Philip K. Dick

clothes displayed an artist's infinite attention to details. He wished, as he descended the steps, that this were a — Ayn Rand

Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.' — Jasmine Guinness

For aeons past, there were many gods who descended to be humans, yet there were not many humans who ascended back to their divinity. — Raphael Zernoff

The camp children descended upon me in a raucous, violent flurry of little bodies. I felt like tiny buffalo were stampeding over me. — Colleen Houck

The reason you have descended into physical life is to unleash the power of your soul upon Earth. — Caroline Myss

Having their muscles manipulated by the future king proved too much from some of the girls, who descended into fits of giggles. — Katie Nicholl

If Charles Darwin reappeared today, he might be surprised to learn that humans are descended from viruses as well as from apes. — Robin A. Weiss

A long silence descended. Long enough to walk to the end of a long, narrow room, look up something in a dictionary, and walk back. — Haruki Murakami

Aren't most of you descended from pirates? — Prince Philip

Christ descended to us, to bear us up to the Father, and at the same time to bear us up to himself, inasmuch as he is one with the Father. — John Calvin

Cleopatra descended from a long line of murderers and faithfully upheld the family tradition but was, for her time and place, remarkably well behaved. — Stacy Schiff

I descended into Hell and brought back cheap beer in plastic cups. — Eric Lundgren

Probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed. — Charles Darwin

We were descended from royalty. — Natalie Wood

The peace and beauty of a spring day had descended upon the earth like a benediction. — Kate Chopin

Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. — H.L. Mencken

Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits. — Charles Darwin

We are all descended from monsters. — Tess Gerritsen

The air is cold and dusk has descended. In the distance lightning flickers and a far away rumble of thunder awakens my thoughts and makes me remember. — Donna Lynn Hope

She, who had descended with such joy and pain, had begun her upward climb - upward, with her baby, on the steep, steep side of the mountain. — James Baldwin

THAT SCAR. SHE DREW HER EYES FROM IT BUT THEY DESCENDED AGAIN AND YET AGAIN UNTIL SHE FELT PECULIARLY DROWNED IN THE GUILTY MARK. — Rachel Heffington

All Modern Men are descended from a Wormlike creature but it shows more on some people. — Will Cuppy

The air crackled with the presage of lightning, and a heavy mist descended around them. — Stephen R. Lawhead

On Sunday mornings, as the dawn burned into day, swarms of gulls descended on the uncollected trash, hovering and dropping in the cold clear light. — Edward Conlon

All Britons are descended from the same set of people a mere thirty generations ago. — Matt Ridley

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. — Winston Churchill

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself. — Juvenal

She well knew the great architectural secret of decorating her constructions, and never descended to construct a decoration. — Anthony Trollope

Why, if species have descended from other species by insensibly fine gradations, do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms. — Charles Darwin

Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee much later than others. — Kin Hubbard

The back of Tess's head disappeared as she descended the stairs. 'You'll like him a lot more if you listen more to his actions than to his words. — Gina Holmes

A gentle silence descended on them, suggestive of the flow of time. — Haruki Murakami

That Christ's Baptism was not a mere form, but the fulfilling of all righteousness, proves that He descended into the water burdened with our sins. — Abraham Kuyper

I had no idea what to say. A silence descended on us as sudden as the instant fresh oil is poured into a large frying pan. — Haruki Murakami

Depression has descended like a bell jar around me. — Kristin Hannah

The angel descended when you were least expecting it. Tracy felt something quietly go click in his despairing heart. — Paul Russell

His mouth descended on hers in a fierce kiss.
He seized, he captured.
He dominated.
And she loved every second of it. — Donna Grant

She's descended from a long line her mother listened to. — Gypsy Rose Lee

She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to. — Gypsy Rose Lee

If 2,000 Tea Party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them. — Amy Goodman

All Americans have something lonely about them. I don't know what the reason might be, except maybe that they're all descended from immigrants. — Ryu Murakami

Death descended like a theatrical storm over the Drakensberg Mountains, stranding me while it ran its course. — B.G. Bowers

The hot-o-meter started ringing like crazy as hot guys descended on me, my car and Tack from two directions.
Boy was I glad I curled my hair. — Kristen Ashley

I descended into solitude so thick that conversations with repairmen became anxious social occasions. — Louisa Hall

I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport. — Naomi Benaron

All modern men are descended from wormlike creatures, but it shows more on some people. — Will Cuppy

A century ago, people laughed at the notion that we were descended from monkeys. Today, the individuals most offended by that claim are the monkeys. — Jacob M. Appel

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Chances are, when we meet intelligent life forms in outer space they're going to be descended from predators. — Michio Kaku

It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. — Plutarch

Then again, I am a monopolar depressive descended from monopolar depressives. That's how come I write so good. — Kurt Vonnegut

Literature is the daughter of heaven, who descended upon earth to soften and charm all human ills. — Jacques-Henri Bernardin De Saint-Pierre

One of those nasty hushes had descended on the place, a sort of missile crisis sort of hush. Even — Douglas Adams