Mary was the first to descend from the ship.

Out of the cloudy skies over Wiesbaden, Germany, on a warm June day, gifts descend from the heavens, dropping like rain onto the fields below, much to the delight of hundreds of children waiting on the ground.

Americans descend from immigrants, and they are very patriotic.

English, Russian, and Hindi descend from a common ancestor language.

Berbers don't descend from Arabs.

English, Russian, Spanish, and Hindi descend from a common ancestor language.

I'm not sure I can descend from there.

Humans descend from apes.