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Example sentences for: ascends

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To whatever height one ascends on the spectrum of equality, there should be a strong connection between that perch and the reason for recognizing human equality in the first place.
Others say James ascends from pulp fiction to high art, with well-drawn characters and turns of phrase "of which Jane Austen might have been proud" (Gerald Kaufman, the Daily Telegraph ). (An excerpt is available at Random House's site.)
Upon his death, the pop artist ascends from the controversial to the canonical.
As soon as Hal ascends to the throne, however, he pretends not to know his old and embarrassing mentor:
Inside the park’s north gate is an even larger complex, the Temple of the Azure Clouds (Biyun Si), which ascends the hillside.