Example sentences for: ascent

How can you use “ascent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Ascent of Darwin

  • Stirrup has been compounded from the Old English stige `ascent' + rāp .' Anglo-Saxon stirrups were made of rope and were probably used for ascending objects other than horses.

  • For the PAPD Chief 's and officers' ascent, see PANYNJ statement 1, Feb. 1, 2002.

  • More than half a century later, the ascent of ready-to-wear dealt another allegedly fatal stroke to haute couture , as formal elegance began to look tacky, and ethnic and thrift-shop gear gained status.

  • Apple has compared the Clintons to the F. Scott Fitzgerald characters Tom and Daisy Buchanan, who left a trail of broken friends in their single-minded social ascent.


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