1.   As they descended the steps, a battered car turned into the drive and pulled up in a corner of the small courtyard.

2.   With eager anticipation, though her clear golden-brown eyes held a hint of sadness, Luce Weston descended the steps.

3.   A group of firefighters descended the steps of the Greenwhich Village subway station close to the crash site.

4.   He walked off the mound slowly and slapped high-fives with several teammates as he descended the steps into the third base dugout.

5.   Hearing the commotion from an upstairs bedroom, Lelia descended the steps and was caught up immediately in the life-and-death saga.

6.   In the first light of morning, the women of this Palestinian village descend stone steps worn smooth over the ages down terraced hillsides to an ancient spring.

7.   Mbeki stood in row with his comrades on the tarmac watching a group of aging men descend the steps of an aircraft.

8.   Maybe he could make springs that would descend steps.

9.   Other evocative shapes, more retiring, hide tantalizingly out of sight until a visitor turns a corner, descends a few steps or glances over a shoulder.