Descent example sentences

They were divided into two major groups or factions, the Iranis and Turanis (nobles of Turkish 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.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.