descend quickly
Frequency: 7.09.2 per million words
Used when something moves downwards at a high speed.
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Examples (10)
- The express elevator will descend quickly to the lobby.
- As the storm approached, the plane had to descend quickly.
- The temperature descended quickly once the sun set behind the mountains.
- Watch how the spider descends quickly on its silk thread.
- The diver descended quickly to explore the shipwreck.
- In the simulation, the spacecraft was programmed to descend quickly through the atmosphere.
- A thick mist descended quickly, obscuring our view of the coastline.
- To escape the wildfire, they had to descend the mountain quickly.
- The stock market index descended quickly after the negative news broke.
- If the pressure drops, the submarine must descend quickly to a safer depth.