descend upon
Verb
Meaning
to arrive in large numbers, usually without warning or invitation
to attack or raid
to encroach or invade
to visit in large numbers, especially a public place
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Examples
Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.
Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?
If India adopted the doctrine of love as an active part of her religion and introduced it in her politics. Swaraj would descend upon India from heaven. But I am painfully aware that that event is far off as yet.
If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.
I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression.
When people only talk about things they understand then a great silence will descend upon the world.