The door was pulled shut and they began to descend.

Until, that is, the floor on which they stood began to descend.

She begins to descend the front steps of her house.

After a time the land began to descend once more.

About half an hour after dark, the plane began to descend again.

But just as he was about to leave the room, the man began to descend the stairs.

He moved the control ball; the ship at once began to descend.

She stood up and began to descend the steps towards him.

She paused now just at the point where the road began to descend.

The mood was still with me more than an hour later when we began to descend.