The Permian formation consists of three members, which are in descending order-- 1.
We come next in descending order to that division of Primary or Palaeozoic rocks which immediately underlie the Devonian group or Old Red Sandstone.
In pursuing our examination of the strata in descending order, we have next to pass from the base of the Secondary or Mesozoic to the uppermost or newest of the Primary or Palaeozoic formations.
Certain foraminifera called Nummulites begin, when we study the Tertiary formations in a descending order, to make their first appearance in these beds.
In the even cases write, for the moves, all the even numbers in ascending order and the odd numbers in descending order.
The Upper and Lower Llandovery rocks are represented in descending order by the Pale shales, Graptolite shales, Grey slates and Corwen grit of Merionethshire and Denbighshire.
In the Corndon district of Shropshire the Middleton Series represents the Llandeilo group; it includes, in descending order, the Rorrington black shales, the Meadowtown limestones and flags, and the western grits and shales.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "descending order" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
