Descent example sentences

They were divided into two major groups or factions, the Iranis and Turanis (nobles of Turkish descent).But a nation-state was one in which the majority of its citizens, and not only its rulers, came to develop a sense of common identity and shared history or descent.They were all incandescent lights, so you can imagine the fiery misery of those subjected to make-up.The fiercely independent people of Coorg are possibly of Greek or Arabic descent.