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As she descended from the carriage, she saw Suellen smirk and knew that she must have picked out Frank Kennedy in the crowd.

e. g. She used to tell us that she was descended from some Scottish Lord.

Both her mother and father were descended from a Polish form of landed gentry.

As the Queen descended from her chartered plane, traditional dancers and drummers sang her praises in the Ga language.

Toulouse-Lautrec descended from the Counts of Toulouse, a family which had once been as powerful as the kings of France.

The modern custom, however, although likely related, cannot be proven to be directly descended from pagan tradition.

His mother was white, they complain, and he is not descended from slaves.

Marco descended from the mountains to a "great heat, " taking notice of black-skinned Muslims, like a masked woman in Minab.

Americans are mostly descended from the British, and later he established a strong U.

An Aborigine , descended from Australia's pre-colonial inhabitants, gazes into a shop at a Sydney train station.

a relative descended from a common ancestor, such as a grandparent, by two or more steps in a diverging line.

Josie descended from her perch, flushed with victory, and darted a defiant glance at Anne.

"We [Americans] are all descended from immigrants, " he said.

Now, taxonomists argue that since birds are descended from dinosaurs they should be classified merely as a subgroup of the Dinosauria.

Such a move would avoid the ethical issues associated with using stem cells descended from human embryos.

In view of this: I believe that man is not descended from apes, and humans should be the creation of extraterrestrial intelligence came!

Okay, did you know Quileutes are supposedly descended from wolves?

His father was a Presbyterian minister who had descended from a long line of clergymen, educators, and medical practitioners.

The word "Knickerbocker" , a Dutch surname, is used as a colloquial term for New Yorkers descended from the original Dutch settlers.

The deeper error is that this objection is tantamount to asking, "If children descended from adults , why are there still adults ? "

Cleopatra VII was born in Egypt, but she was descended from a lineage of Greek kings and queens who had ruled Egypt for nearly 300 years.

Any of a race of one-eyed giants, reputedly descended from these Titans, inhabiting the island of Sicily.

A penniless branch of the Romanovs would be more valuable than a newly rich industrialist family descended from chicken thieves .

A systematic study revealed that many modern languages descended from a common parent language, lost to us because nothing was written down.

a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India.

Its annexation caused the prosperity of the above-mentioned Palmyra, whose aristocracy and dynasty were likewise descended from the Aribi.

It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

Most seedless grapes suitable for the eastern United States are descended from crosses with these two cultivars.

The deeper error is that this objection is tantamount to asking, "Ifchildren descended from adults, why are there still adults? "

Some of the dialects descended from the Latin language are French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

Individual genetic test results are being collected in various databases to match people descended from a relatively recent common ancestor.

But as I descended from the hill, I could see no more of it, so I gave it over.

He says he's proud to have descended from Vikings, but apparently only because it has brought him what he regards as his good looks.

The bazaar is also home to members of two poorer Muslim groups, who are said to be descended from low-caste former Hindus.

At night, the beautiful, nude young man descended from the cross and became the ecstasy of the cloistered one.

The rediscovered fossil suggests that frogs and salamanders branched out from one set of ancestors while caecilians descended from another.

The term "Negro" is applied to people descended or partly descended from slaves transported from Africa long ago.

Others thought they were descended from dogs brought by the islands' first human settlers.

He was descended from Hudson Valley landed gentry and millionaire New York merchants, and went to Groton and Harvard.

For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

Some even swallowed a delicious Pushtun claim to be descended from a lost tribe of Israel.

Lucy: Is she famous? Just because that she descended from a noble family?

Very loosely descended from the geisha house tradition, hostess bars hire out women by the hour to act as companions for customers.

examples of faithful monogamy among birds prove nothing about man, for the simple reason that men are not descended from birds.

They supposed man to have descended from animals.

And what's to say the "Han" were not descended from the "Tibetans" , rather than the other way around?

Western Of, relating to, or descended from those Christian churches that use or formerly used Latin as their liturgical language.

The Monkey, whois the most imitative of animals, descended from the tree-top, and endeavoured to do as they had done.

Then the sophisticated crowd of creative industry and high society types hushed, as the actress Li Bingbing descended from the dais.

The nomadic Teke people, descended from the Scythians, regularly traveled between summer and winter ranges.

Because, disappointingly, it turned out that our male line is descended from the most prevalent genetic group that inhabits Europe.

an american descended from peoples of african origin having brown to black skin; an african american ; an afro-american .

Richard Dawkins: The unity of life that comes about through evolution, since we're all descended from a single common ancestor.

Herpesviruses descended from a strain that once infected a common ancestor of mammals, birds and reptiles.

Locates any node in the document whose parent node is named "book" , or any node descended from the context node whose name is "author" .

In a generation, they have descended from proud working class to demoralized underclass.

These ideas descended from those of the ancient philosophers.

"Aren't most of you descended from pirates? " To residents of the Cayman Islands in 1994.

The O'Connors, descended from mid-19th-century immigrants from Ireland, were unexceptional specimens of the middle class.

Each region has a distinct dialect, really a modern language descended from Arabic roughly like Spanish from Latin.

Gaza, most of them descended from refugees of the 1948 war that created Israel, have lived through decades of conflict and confrontation.

white tribes descended from conquistador shipwrecks.

Humans are descended from ancestors possessing a sixth sense to detect electrical fields in water to find prey and communicate, U.

Where the river are descended from you there to me this flow head.

This suggests that all present-day bison are descended from a very small group of animals.

Another minority has an even longer history in Greece. The Vlachs are descended from the Romanian people.

In fact, evolution says that both human beings and monkeys descended from a common ancestor that existed about thirty million years ago.

She claims to be descended from Abraham Lincoln.

Hundreds of the giant spiders now dwell there, all descended from the original pair.

It is now generally believed that men are descended from the ape - men.

Instead, he discovered four segments of human DNA that clearly had descended from a borna virus gene.

No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

She was descended from a pioneer family.

According to the theory of evolution, every living thing on Earth, alive or dead, has descended from a single common ancestor.

Of or relating to the comparison of languages descended from a common ancestor .

He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince.

The Emperor was already descended from the tower, and advancing on horseback towards me.

a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French.

Jeh is descended from one of India's richest, and most powerful business dynasties.

She claims to be descended from royalty.

The stress was descended from right side of the lateral border to left side.

descended from a common ancestor but through different lines.

They believed whales had descended from mesonychids.

This custom descended from generation to generation.

The Hui ethnic minority are descended from the Arabic and Persian merchants who came to China during the 7th century.

Descended from the house of David, he was a carpenter in Nazareth.

The primitive value is inherited by all objects descended from the Array object.

The innocent descendants descended from the descent.

The Lao are descended from the Tai people who began migrating southward from China in the first millennium AD.

The octopus and squid descended from earlier creatures with shell.

He was smarter than the old-style warlords, yet politically he was descended from them.

They're descended from a failed invasion from the eastern Turkic empire.

In the Puranas , when Ganga descended from the heavens, the Earth could not bear her flow so Lord Siva agreed to bear it.

A person descended from or culturally related to the Spanish and Portuguese settlers of the Gulf States.

The octopus and the squid descended from earlier creatures with shells.

Ching-Yue Roan: Are designers descended from Dionysus?

All of them are descended from that man in the white suit.

People thought that Darwin was saying they were descended from monkeys. What a shameful idea!

The Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in the UK has a presentation about 30 reasons why man is not descended from apes.

If humans descended from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?

People say that she is descended from royalty.

As fervently as Jim prayed to fly, he quickly descended from the heavens.

are supposedly descended from wolves?

The first was being told he was descended from Genghis Khan.

As soon as he saw Pen he descended from the window seat and saluted the new-comer.

Darwin concluded that men were descended from apes.

people descended from a common ancestor.

Everyone alive today is descended from a long line of people who did reproduce themselves.

This house descended from our ancestors.

John are descended from noble ancestors.

Wherever they are now, black people are descended from Africans.

Boulatruelle, with the rapidity of joy, dropped rather than descended from the tree.

The University of Edinburgh's most famous dropout, Charles Darwin, pointed out that human beings are descended from.

A DNA test showed that he is descended from the Songhai and Tuareg peoples of Niger.

My professor is descended from one of China's emperors.

According to the San Diego Zoo, every American white tiger is descended from a single father.

Lord Ramsay descended from the dais to the dead boy.

They descended from Sir Pagan d'Urberville, who came from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066. '

Some are descended from Omani tribes.

They are descended from the Thule culture, which appears to have emerged in Alaska about 1, 000 years ago.

He is descended from a distinguished family.

they're supposedly descended from this, like, enemy clan.

He descended from the platform amid.

He argued? that? man was descended from apes.

He descended from a good family.

Another theory is that the der ro are descended from a clan of dwarves who were cursed.

She at once descended from the hedge.

The house has descended from our ancestors.

She descended from the stage.

Man are descended from ape-men .

He is descended from a famous Duke in England.

He descended from an ancient stem.

Between 1971 and 1975, Jackson's voice descended from boy soprano to high tenor.

The DNA studies suggest that all humans descended from a single African ancestor who lived some 60, 000 years ago.

By 2001 Latinos, most of them Mexicans or descended from Mexicans, had become the second-biggest ethnic group in America.

He descended from the top of the mountain.

According to the Bible, we are all descended from Adam.

Being descended from African ancestors, she is very keen on African literature.

Musical comedies are descended from opera, which was first performed in Italy.

His family were descended from an Indian tribe.

It can also be heard in many Western musical styles descended from Africa, such as blues, jazz, and hip-hop.

We descended from the mountain.

It's said she is descended from nobles.

The family on my father's side is descended from Caspar Keller, a native of Switzerland, who settled in Maryland.

Any man who is interested in finding out whether he is descended from Genghis Khan can be tested by Oxford Ancestors for £ 195.

This house was descended from my father.

clan (n) group of families, esp in Scotland, descended from a common ancestor

all those people descended from a common ancestor,

A US accountant has proof that he is descended from the Mongol warlord

MIPS OS was a Unix variant that loosely descended from 4. 2 BSD , System V Release 3 and System V Release 4 Unix'es. MIPS

I see an anjel who has descended from heaven

his family descended from jewish immigrants

In the past ten years, the Hong Kong film industry has descended from its glorious peak.