How to Use ascent in a Sentence

ascent

noun

• They followed a steep ascent to the top of the hill.
• At the time, the Rolling Stones were making their quick ascent to stardom.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
• The man behind the rise is making his own swift ascent.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• 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
• Her ascent was seen as part of a renaissance of Black models in the industry at the time.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 13 Oct. 2023
• The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, marking her highest ascent on that list.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 20 Dec. 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
• In the final 300 meters of their ascent, the sharks’ body temperature dipped about a mere 2°C.
  — Bykate Hull, science.org, 11 May 2023
• The biggest story in tech this year was, without a doubt, the explosive ascent of AI.
  — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Ware should fear not: a trip to Cyprus won’t derail her continued ascent one bit.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
• Rawls says that the ascent from the lip of the Reflecting Pool into the temple itself clocks in at exactly 87 steps.
  — Amy McKeever, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2023
• The problem is that the methane gas from the fire-ice has the ability to migrate closer to land and begin an ascent into the sky.
  — Devika Rao, theweek, 1 Jan. 2024
• The sun was just beginning its ascent over the Mojave, bathing the sand in a smooth umber glow beneath pockets of wispy cloud.
  — Sammy Roth, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
• His ascent in the church hierarchy was even swifter than his rise in the oil industry.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Last week, Reiber sat at a metal picnic table at the Kite Lake trailhead that starts the ascent to Democrat.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
• But, in the 1990s, China was still in the early phases of its ascent and depended on U.S. goodwill.
  — Thomas Graham, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2023
• Rescuers finally reached him around the middle of last week, and a long, slow ascent began.
  — Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2023
• In less than nine hours on Friday, the mercury made a 28 degree ascent, from frigid to fairly pleasant.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
• At the one-mile mark, the trail gets much steeper, and hikers will find wooden stairs that help make the ascent a little easier.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2024
• Looking back, though, Saweetie says that, behind the scenes, the rapid ascent was difficult.
  — Lakin Imani Starling, Allure, 29 Feb. 2024
• His ascent to the top position will require approval by the full City Council.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
• The gradual uphill ascent to this point becomes a much steeper grade to bona fide pro.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024