Synonyms

1. deign
2. condescend

Sentence Examples

1. She scanned the corridor, aware of the eight floors of her dingy council block she had to descend, and saw no-one.
2. The same structures that let us descend into that eventful valley were a perfect match for the walkway we now stood before.
3. Not only did he need to descend clean and fast, he had to jump a sixty-five foot gap, land it, then scale the twenty-seven foot quarter pipe, gain substantial air, grab his board, and land clean.
4. I waited until I heard him descend the steps before I turned to Eddie.
5. Fishes are, of course, unable to live in it, and those which descend through the Jordan, the Weber, and other streams soon perish.
6. The travellers had now only to descend to the Atlantic by limitless plains, levelled by nature.
7. Then his eyelids descend to half-mast, and he leans farther into me.
8. Fogg and the young woman to descend from the sledge.
9. After two hours of backbreaking work, as evening was blissfully beginning to descend, Arnvar returned.
10. Holding her daughter tight to her midriff, Liz waited for the icy water to descend.