1.   A dark cloud descended upon the valley.

2.   THE relegation clouds descended on Darlington last night as Ray Hankin was obliged to swallow his first bitter taste of managerial defeat.

3.   After the second tower fell, the entire area was consumed with smoke, as if clouds had descended and enveloped the lower tip of Manhattan.

4.   Cold-air funnel clouds descended from the bottoms of clouds near Portland, Ore., on Monday.

5.   Cold-air funnel clouds descended ominously from the bottoms of clouds over Iowa on Thursday.

6.   Cold-air funnel clouds descended ominously from the clouds over Lake Champlain on Friday.

7.   In that instance, a dark cloud could will descend over the republic.

8.   Just as my finger squeezed the trigger on the pump, a funnel-shaped cloud descended toward the ground.

9.   Firefighters arrived at the school within minutes of a report by the principal that a mysterious cloud had descended on the school, causing the coughing fits.

10.   However, heavy clouds descended below the peaks on Friday night, prohibiting air strikes through Saturday, Group Capt. D.N. Ganesh told reporters in New Delhi.