#descent

The child now shewed her a narrow and rugged descent, made by cutting the red clay and stones, of which the cliffs are here composed, into a sort of rude steps. ↗

— Charlotte Smith

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We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent. ↗

— Esai Morales

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My individual, psychological descent coincided, ironically, with my ascent into the public eye. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

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I'm of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent, and was raised on Hawaii. ↗

— Tia Carrere

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Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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