How to Use ascent in a Sentence
ascent
noun- They followed a steep ascent to the top of the hill.
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Stranded, the pair had to make not only the ascent, but also the full descent back on foot, hiking over 150 miles through the wilderness to the nearest town.
— Julia Buckley, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022 -
Burch also grew up playing tennis and watching Billie Jean King's trailblazing ascent to the top of the sport.
— Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Nov. 2022 -
In theory, pickleball’s ascent to the apex of commercialization makes sense.
— Caira Conner, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2022 -
His part-Hindi tweet is likely to work in his favor among Indians celebrating his ascent as a global leader.
— Harish Pullanoor, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2022 -
Goose’s sense of play has been at the heart of its ascent.
— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024 -
At the time, the Rolling Stones were making their quick ascent to stardom.
— Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023 -
The shoot was one of Rema’s first trips back home since his quick ascent.
— Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024 -
The man behind the rise is making his own swift ascent.
— Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023 -
But the ascent of Kamala Harris could place the Sun Belt state back as a toss up.
— Zachery Eanes, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024 -
The gravel road winds around the mountain to the Art Loeb Trail where your ascent to one of two peaks begins.
— Katie Linsky Shaw, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024 -
The ascent was an easy 1,157 feet, granting us sweeping views of the island and Whalers Bay.
— Melissa McGibbon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024 -
The two men each seemed to understand that money—and how to spend it—was key to their ascent.
— Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 15 May 2023 -
The first cause is largely due to air pressure as the plane begins its ascent.
— Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023 -
The sins of the Civil War, made clean through Scott’s powerful ascent.
— Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023 -
It’s been a rapid ascent through the Rays system for Manzardo.
— Tim Booth and Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023 -
But nothing about his ascent to the top of the charts is conventional.
— Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2023 -
When the price of gas resumes its ascent, look for today's front-drive A-cars to come into their own.
— Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 5 May 2023 -
This could spark a new crisis if rival blocs again join hands to block his ascent.
— Eileen Ng, ajc, 19 Nov. 2022 -
Her ascent was seen as part of a renaissance of Black models in the industry at the time.
— Shelby Stewart, Essence, 13 Oct. 2023 -
His record for the highest balloon ascent and the longest parachute free fall would stand for 52 years.
— Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022 -
The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, marking her highest ascent on that list.
— Tom Roland, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2023 -
On Sunday, the mercury began an ascent from the frosty morning’s low of 29.
— Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023 -
But in the years since, the market has rebounded, and supply has tightened once more, with rents around here still on the ascent.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023 -
To critics and skeptics of their work, their ascent to fame seems eerily sudden and too good to be true.
— Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023 -
The scientists began a steep ascent up the face of the mountain, scrambling over loose boulders to the lip of Suicide Basin.
— Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023 -
An ascent to the top of the podium at the Olympics seems like a natural progression; the heptathlon takes place on Aug. 8 and 9, at Stade de France.
— Sean Gregory, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024 -
Then Chung rushed forward, propelling Truong onto the first jongs and the ascent up the mountain.
— oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2023 -
Now, with her first title defense fast approaching, Rhiannon Dixon is ready to continue her remarkable ascent in the world of professional boxing.
— Jenn Nelson, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 -
The ascent of Anura Kumara Dissanayake marks a break with the past and from the establishment parties and politicians blamed for taking the country to the brink of economic collapse in 2022.
— Vidhura S. Tennekoon, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
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