- present participle of ascend.
ascending
Example Sentences
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Here are a few of my current “one nice things,” roughly in ascending order of effort:
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
She ended the show as she always does - attached to a harness, ascending into the rafters of the O2 and disappearing.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I had the cool experience of actually ascending into the treehouse,” said Kim Cooper, co-owner of Esotouric tours and former visitors to the treehouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
For more context, here is a look at the 11 sectors of the S&P 500, showing forward P/E ratios, sorted ascending, those at the end of 2025 and year-to-date weighted price changes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Those opening words look like an ascending tricolon—a set of three terms, increasing in force—though they are a special and subtle case of it.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
