ASCENDANT in a Sentence

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The human face of Javert consisted of a flat nose, with two deep nostrils, towards which enormous whiskers ascended on his cheeks.

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 Meanings and Examples of ASCENDANT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ascendant
 a.  rising, moving upward; surpassing or controlling
Classic Sentence: (184 in 13 pages)
1  Everywhere in the ascendant is the desolation of space.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
2  In order not to lose anything of the affair, he scales the walls, he hoists himself to balconies, he ascends trees, he suspends himself to gratings, he clings fast to chimneys.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSI...
3  Something of that joy ascends to God.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
4  I am Ulysses son of Laertes, renowned among mankind for all manner of subtlety, so that my fame ascends to heaven.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
5  Yes, it is exactly behind the house; begins at a little distance, and ascends for half a mile to the extremity of the grounds.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  Therewithal the queen with a crowd of mothers ascends bearing gifts to Pallas' towered temple, and by her side goes maiden Lavinia, source of all that woe, her beautiful eyes cast down.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK ELEVENTH
7  These methods are when, either by some wicked or nefarious ways, one ascends to the principality, or when by the favour of his fellow-citizens a private person becomes the prince of his country.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII — CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINC...
8  Yesterday, only my feet were cold; to-day, the chill has ascended to my knees; now I feel it mounting to my waist; when it reaches the heart, I shall stop.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
9  He penetrated houses privately, at night; he ascended staircases furtively.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
10  The human face of Javert consisted of a flat nose, with two deep nostrils, towards which enormous whiskers ascended on his cheeks.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON
11  He ascended to his room, and there he shut himself up, which was a very simple act, since he liked to go to bed early.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE
12  He ascended the staircase leading to his chamber.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB
13  They ascended, grave, threatening, imperturbable; in the intervals between the musketry and the artillery, their colossal trampling was audible.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE UNEXPECTED
14  He fumbled in his waistcoat pocket, drew out a sort of a pass-key, opened the door, entered, closed it again carefully, and ascended the staircase, still carrying Cosette.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER
15  The Rue Polonceau ended there; Rue Petit-Picpus passed on, and ascended towards the Lenoir market.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727
Example Sentence:
1  Its ascendant governors want to have a loud voice.
2  His star was in the ascendant.
3  Step after step the ladder is ascended.
4  He eventually ascended to the position of chief executive.
5  Mrs Clayton had to hold Lizzie's hand as they ascended the steps.
6  The airplane ascended higher and higher.
7  Boys ascend through the sky-light on to the roof.
8  It is easier to descend than to ascend.
9  Leaders of religious cults maintain ascendancy over their followers by methods that can verge on brainwashing.
10  I looked at the blank wall: it seemed a sky thick with ascending stars,--every one lit me to a purpose or delight.
11  To her legion of steadfast admirers, the Nobel Peace Prize winner's ascendance to "sanctified" status may look as inevitable as it is justified.