Examples of “descending” in a Sentence

adj Moving or leading downward.

• They followed the descending path back to the village.
• The descending lift stopped at every floor on the way to the basement.
• We watched the lights of the descending plane grow brighter as it neared the airport.

adj Arranged from highest to lowest.

• The results are listed in descending order of score.
• Sort the names in descending order of age, starting with the oldest.
• The teacher read out the marks in descending order, beginning with the top score.