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Example sentences for "ascending"

Lexicographically close words:
ascendants; ascended; ascendency; ascendent; ascendeth; ascendit; ascends; ascensional; ascensions; ascent
  1. On ascending the chair of St. Peter, the first business which occupied Urban VIII.

  2. The chitinous lining and the chitinogenous layer beneath pass to the end of the tube and are then reflected upon its outer wall, ascending till they meet the lining epithelium of the cæcal tubes.

  3. In front it gives off two long crura, or props, which pass to the ginglymus, and are reflected thence upon the inner surface of the clypeus, ascending as high as the antennary socket, round which they form a kind of rim.

  4. Our own nearest relation in the ascending line remembers the Revolution well.

  5. At this moment the sound of Elsie's voice was heard ascending the path to the gorge outside, talking with Father Antonio, who was returning.

  6. Ascending these, he found himself in something of a hallway, the upper floor of the building being divided into several apartments by wooden partitions nine or ten feet in height.

  7. Buddy Girk was ascending the steps of one of the houses, and presently he disappeared within the dark hall.

  8. Accordingly Cyrus, ascending without opposition the great pass thus abandoned, reached Tarsus after a march of four days, there rejoining Menon and Epyaxa.

  9. Sirius was rising in the east; And, slow ascending one by one, The kindling constellations shone.

  10. On the fourth day after our departure from the rancho, we reached the Aldea of Santa Anna, the first Brazilian station in ascending the river.

  11. The fill in the ditch was nearly level with the outer bank, from which it may be described as an ascending causeway.

  12. The Janissaries, astonished at the new and strange defence, would have retreated, but could not; the files ascending behind drove them forward.

  13. There were the walls shutting it in, like a pit, and on top of them, on the ascending seats back to the last one--was it a cloud she beheld?

  14. In the horse, on account of the semi-tendinosus ascending to the coccyx, and even to the sacrum, the depression in question does not exist, and the presence of the tuberosity of the ischium is only slightly revealed.

  15. It proved, though, that they had each had nine hours' solid sleep, and after a hasty breakfast, preparations were made for ascending the river.

  16. Eight persons could walk abreast up or down it, the ascending and descending parties never meeting, yet seeing each other.

  17. The guests arrived at the vast marble vestibule, and, ascending the grand staircase, were received on the landing by a splendidly attired official, who took from them their cards of invitation.

  18. He grasped his axe and began hewing a series of ascending steps.

  19. In the deep gloom the hunters saw fountains of spray ascending as they breathed.

  20. Livingstone then had but one idea, to gain the sources of the valley of the Nile by ascending the Tanganyika.

  21. But, while Cousin Benedict clambered up the slopes of the cliff to go to explore the border of the forest, he, turning round toward the river, went away with slow steps and disappeared, a second time ascending the steep bank.

  22. Now, in the latitude and longitude where his reckoning put him, it was seldom that some English or American ship did not appear, ascending from Cape Horn toward the equator, or coming toward the extreme point of South America.

  23. I saw the Apostles ascending towards Jerusalem, along a ravine, to the south of the Temple, and in the direction of the north side of Sion.

  24. But the heart of Judas burned with anger, and during the whole time of the repast, I saw a frightful little figure seated at his feet, and sometimes ascending to his heart.

  25. I likewise saw the angels, and the prayers of the just ascending to the throne of God.

  26. In ascending or descending elevations, the hand of the aneroid may be seen to move (like the hand of a watch), showing the height above the level of the sea, or the difference of level between places of comparison.

  27. The limb of the syphon adjoining the bulb requires, therefore, a descending scale of thermometric degrees; the other limb, an ascending scale.

  28. She was ascending a staircase, when she heard howlings which made her shiver to her very bones.

  29. Then, whilst ascending the six flights of stairs in the dark, she could not prevent herself from laughing; an ugly laugh which hurt her.

  30. In the hall a few British tourists in tweeds or walking-skirts stared at him, as though a real live prince was of different clay, while on ascending the main staircase to his private suite, two waiters bowed themselves almost in two.

  31. Hence, for the space of a few minutes, they are capable of darting through the water, with the velocity almost of the fastest ship under sail, and of ascending with such rapidity as to leap entirely out of the water.

  32. I turned with pain from the prospect to observe those who were ascending the mountain.

  33. Fancy a one-armed and legless hodman ascending the under side of a ladder to the roof, and reflect on the conveniences of gymnastic habits.

  34. See how many different ways of ascending a vertical pole these boys are devising!

  35. You see, therefore, that the cup is formed by this beautifully regular ascending current of air playing upon all sides, which keeps the exterior of the candle cool.

  36. You may see some pretty examples of the action of the ascending current when you have a little gutter run down the side of a candle, making it thicker there than it is elsewhere.

  37. In all the orders of ancient animals there is an ascending gradation of character from first to last.

  38. We could, under no circumstances, expect to meet with a complete ascending series.

  39. They were met by another group ascending from the hatch by which the Professor had brought his party, and then by a solitary man, who shouted and bellowed at them.

  40. He propped the basket into place again, ascending with all speed and caution, and drawing in a long breath, made a huge spring at the window.

  41. This region of ascending currents of air is a region of heavy rainfall, since the saturated air rises to cool altitudes where its moisture is condensed.


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ascending" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    advance; aerial; airy; ascendant; ascending; ascent; aspiring; axial; back; backing; backward; career; climbing; colossal; course; current; descending; descent; downward; drift; drifting; elevated; eminent; ethereal; exalted; flight; flow; flowing; fluent; flux; flying; going; haughty; high; leaping; lofty; monumental; mounting; ongoing; onrush; passage; passing; plunging; progress; progressive; prominent; rampant; rearing; refluent; reflux; regression; regressive; retrogression; retrogressive; rising; rotary; run; running; rush; rushing; saltatory; sideward; sinking; soaring; spiraling; steep; stream; streaming; sublime; superlative; supernal; topless; topping; towering; trend; upcoming; upgrade; uphill; uplifted; uprising; upward