All 6 Uses of
descend
in
Dune
- The fat hand descended onto the globe, stopped the spinning.
Book 1 (definition 1) *descended = moved down
- He turned to the stairs behind him, headed down to the big assembly room, trying to remain calm as he descended, to prepare his face for the coming encounter.†
Book 1 (definition 1)
- We're going to need at least five battalions of those people before the Sardaukar descend on us.
Book 1 (definition 2) *descend = come suddenly
- He lifted his finger, pointed upward across the cliffs that Hawat and his men had descended.†
Book 2 (definition 1)
- Paul shifted his own knife in a blurred motion, slipped sideways and thrust upward where Jamis' chest was descending—then away to watch the man crumble.†
Book 2 (definition 1)
- The factory crawler turned, began to descend.†
Book 3 (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