All 32 Uses of
descend
in
Angels & Demons
- Descending from the chopper in her khaki shorts and white sleeveless top, Vittoria Vetra looked nothing like the bookish physicist he had expected.†
Chpt 13-14 (definition 1)
- The doors closed, and the car began to descend.†
Chpt 15-16 (definition 1)
- Langdon studied the descending counter and decided it looked unsettlingly like a time bomb.†
Chpt 21-22 (definition 1)
- The droplet appeared and disappeared in the robotic red blinking of a digital LED descending resolutely, making the technician's skin crawl.†
Chpt 23-24 (definition 1)
- He descended into a fit of coughing and barely managed to choke out the words, "Locate the canister immediately ….†
Chpt 29-30 (definition 1)
- Langdon descended from the craft and turned to help Vittoria, but she had already dropped effortlessly to the ground.†
Chpt 35-36 (definition 1)
- Langdon and Vittoria followed the white marble treads as they descended between a gauntlet of nude male sculptures.†
Chpt 35-36 (definition 1)
- Now, as Camerlegno Carlo Ventresca descended the Royal Staircase, he tried to comprehend the chain of events that had delivered him to this extraordinary crossroads.†
Chpt 47-48 (definition 1)
- Vittoria motioned to the far side of the hole where a rotting, wooden ladder descended into the depths.†
Chpt 65-66 (definition 1)
- He had descended past a hollowed niche in the wall before him and suddenly found himself face to face with a collection of skulls.†
Chpt 67-68 (definition 1)
- Moving like a human wall, they began to descend.†
Chpt 71-72 (definition 1)
- As the echo of the ninth bell faded away, a peaceful silence descended across the square.†
Chpt 73-74 (definition 1)
- Vittoria looked down at the staircase descending into the void and suddenly wanted to turn back.
Chpt 83-84 (definition 1) *descending = going down
- "What became of him?" she asked, descending, trying to keep her voice steady.†
Chpt 83-84 (definition 1)
- Already short of breath and struggling with the cumbersome volume, Langdon descended the ladder.†
Chpt 83-84 (definition 1)
- Chartrand enjoyed being out of the heavy goggles, and he stretched his neck as they descended into the sunken niche to scan the area.†
Chpt 89-90 (definition 1)
- Thankfully, they would not have to descend.†
Chpt 89-90 (definition 1)
- As Langdon's eyes followed the inferno upward, the true horror of the scene descended like a bird of prey.†
Chpt 91-92 (definition 1)
- The incensor cables stretched outward from the man's wrists, rising to the ceiling where they passed through pulleys, and descended again to metal cleats on either side of the church.†
Chpt 91-92 (definition 1)
- 11:12 P.M. Dashing down the stone ramp that hugged the inside of the wall, Langdon descended to the courtyard.†
Chpt 107-108 (definition 1)
- This section of the traforo apparently descended to the dungeons, not to the top.†
Chpt 107-108 (definition 1)
- Langdon descended.†
Chpt 107-108 (definition 1)
- Descending the gangplank was another figure …. a figure who moved so uniquely that it could only be one man.†
Chpt 109-110 (definition 1)
- "Careful now," Chartrand urged, sounding focused as the group began descending the stairs toward the helicopter.†
Chpt 115-116 (definition 1)
- A moment later, though, as if the Holy Spirit Himself had descended to persuade Chartrand of His power, Chartrand had a vision.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 1)
- Then, as the camerlegno descended the stairs into the light, he had seemed to disappear beneath the floor.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 1)
- According to accounts from the select few clergy who had descended over the years, the Necropolis was a dark maze of subterranean crypts that could swallow a visitor whole if he lost his way.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 1)
- He pushed past the others and began descending the Necropolis the way he had come, running down the hill.†
Chpt 119-120 (definition 1)
- It descended on them like the wrath of hell, shaking the granite foundation of Vatican City, knocking the breath out of people's lungs, sending others stumbling backward.
Chpt 123-124 (definition 2) *descended = came suddenly
- The camerlegno felt like he was floating as he descended into the Niche of the Palliums.†
Chpt 133-134 (definition 1)
- The camerlegno felt himself drawn …. faster …. descending the stairs into the sunken area where the ninety-nine oil lamps shone brightly.†
Chpt 133-134 (definition 1)
- He lifted an oil lamp, preparing to descend.†
Chpt 133-134 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (descend as in: descend the mountain) move or slope downward
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(2) (descend as in: thieves descended upon us) to come or arrive -- especially suddenly or from above or as an attack