- present participle of ascend.
ascending
Example Sentences
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In 2004, she won a seat in the state Legislature, ascending to the position of Assembly speaker just as the state was hit with a massive budget crisis brought on by a global economic downturn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The 30-year Treasury rate shows a similar bullish technical pattern, an ascending triangle, with the top resistance level at 5.35%, and the 30-year is already trading above that resistance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Here are a few of my current “one nice things,” roughly in ascending order of effort:
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
At 43 years old, I recently had emergency open-heart surgery for an ascending aortic dissection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Strange to tell, the raven now managed three ascending notes of great purity.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
