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Meanings of descending toward in English

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Usage of descending toward in English
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We were descending toward the market square, on one of the main roads.
The eyes of a king
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They were descending toward Dulles International on a gentle long parabola.
Timescape
3
I can feel myself descending toward the dark and gloomy palaces.
The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
4
A EuroPetro helicopter was descending toward the afterdeck helipad to lift them off.
Provenance
5
She focused on the shore across the water, on a plane descending toward Newark.
Before you know kindness
6
When he could look up at last, the sun was descending toward the west.
Out of the Triangle: A Story of the Far East
7
He climbed down the stone stairs, descending toward the bottom of the bell tower.
Death angel
8
Vinicius, while descending toward Albanum, entered smoke which was denser, less and less transparent.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
9
Now he swam free, descending toward darkness that no longer seemed to hunger for him.
The Scar
10
Over her shoulder and descending toward her chin, flowed a broadening delta of well-beaten egg.
The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields
11
The airship was descending toward a little glade in the woods surrounding the old picnic ground.
Tom Swift and His Airship
12
The aircraft flew straight for a moment, then the mountainside dropped away, descending toward the valley below.
Earth Afire
13
And then, stepping forth from the palace gates and descending toward the valley, they disappeared from view.
The Children's Portion
14
I was descending toward the lake through circles of radiance, past party lights surrounded by soft-winged moths.
Bag of Bones
15
In fact they were probably focusing on nothing but the long legs and muscle-rounded rump descending toward them.
Provenance
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But since they were slowly descending toward the pit, Agamemnon found himself concentrating on what it might contain.
Sacrifice
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common