Examples of descender in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The landing of Chang'e 5's descender and ascender unit. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 Dec. 2020 The descender separated from the orbiter the next day. — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 1 Dec. 2020 The ascenders and descenders are consequently short; in her view that gives the font a clinical, businesslike air unsuited to fiction. — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019 The pair improved readability of the Federal Highway Administration's standard alphabet by tweaking the relative heights of letters and the lengths of ascenders and descenders. — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2005

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