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Example sentences for: ascends

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From here the coast road ascends very sharply amid sparse, windblown greenery, and the drop seawards can be frighteningly steep.
The daughter of the second wife of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and therefore dubbed a bastard by the papists, the Protestant Elizabeth ascends the throne to find the air still thick with smoke from roasted heretics, a team of skulking Catholics plotting her assassination, and a council of advisers (lords, bishops, sundry old boys) who snigger openly at the prospect of taking orders from a woman.
Inside the park’s north gate is an even larger complex, the Temple of the Azure Clouds (Biyun Si), which ascends the hillside.
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.
On the occasion of his 50 th birthday, the dancer ascends to mythic proportions with a majestic solo concert.