Sentences with ascent
as·cent
A a - In 1955 he led the first ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest mountain. [+ of]
- It was a tough course over a gradual ascent before the big climb of Bluebell Hill.
- On the first day of the ascent the party climbed 2000 feet.
- Fifty-five years after the first ascent of Everest, Joel Gibson finds its mystique undiminished by its global celebrity.
- Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent.
- His own career continues its inexorable ascent.
- ...Elijah's ascent to heaven in a chariot of fire.
- The ascent of hot gases
- An ascent of three degrees
- He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.
- There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.
- The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.
- The ascent of a balloon.
- His ascent to the governorship came after a long political career.
- Three climbers attempted the ascent of Mount Rainier.
- A steep ascent.