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Meanings of steep descent in English

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Usage of steep descent in English
1
A few yards to the right, it sank in a steep descent.
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 1
2
The car nosed down sickeningly, gained speed, and began a steep descent.
The Lost World
3
His mustang needed urging, but at last edged upon the steep descent.
The Rainbow Trail
4
No crevice or jumble of loose stones or steep descent daunted me.
The Young Forester
5
Walking poles might, however, be useful on the final steep descent.
The Irish Times
6
What a steep descent from his former days in the CIA, he thought.
The capitol game
7
The steep descent from the high plain overlooked the village.
A Woodland Queen ('Reine des Bois') — Volume 3
8
At the bottom of a steep descent, a groom was waiting with the dog-cart.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
9
It is only this steep descent, and the treacherous footing.
The Billow and the Rock
10
They entered on a steep descent to the main road.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II
11
Courbertin took the stern in the steep descent, and Del marshalled Tommy's reluctant rear.
A Daughter of the Snows
12
With the plane blacked out, we made a rapid and steep descent into Kabul.
Reuters
13
Pilier strapped himself into his seat as the plane went into a steep descent.
Hostile intent
14
The drumming comes, apparently, from the vibration of tail feathers during a steep descent.
The Irish Times
15
I walked along the cliff path which led to the steep descent to the beach.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
16
By a steep descent we went down 300 ft. to a river (elev.
Across Unknown South America
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Steep descent through the time
Steep descent across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common