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    ascent


    1. descent down the mountain was two hundred times faster than his ascent, as


    2. From the very beginning when you first found me and we bonded, did not a great love developed between us? Kate shook her head in ascent


    3. obstacle from Terry's now undoubted ascent to the peak of


    4. The Bideford bridge disappears as he climbs the ascent to the top of the first stretch of dual carriageway on the main trunk road east


    5. This is not so very different than in other dimensions, including the linear ascent or descent of an octave model


    6. “He is most likely to have met harm on the steeper parts of the ascent, which are quite near his camp, down in this area,” Elmore said as he lit that part of the planet in green


    7. at the sparkling peaks, began a slow ascent of the valley


    8. dozens of fleeing monks during his ascent, but they’d all


    9. The sun had begun its ascent, though it was difficult to discern as much


    10. A few seconds into her ascent to the apartment, she heard the tapping footsteps of the man climbing after her "Stop, I said!" he yelled

    11. Snapping the watch lid shut, he bandied a few insignificant pleasantries with a correspondingly inconsequential neighbour, and went inside; thence, pausing briefly to catch his breath before the ascent, he proceeded up the stairs to his apartments on the first floor


    12. And began his ascent back into the city


    13. ’ The shuttle was now accelerating in its ascent; in about ten minutes they would be


    14. Rough handholds had been prepared where the stairs had met a natural object too hard to chisel at and the torch bearer was keen to show these with a pause of his ascent, letting the torch light flood over the obstacle like a silk handkerchief, before gliding upward


    15. Beyond was an intervening valley, with a gradual ascent leading up to the plateau on which the city stands


    16. The grassy ascent was soon covered with dead and dying, but the troopers swept upward, and captured the fort and trenches, the enemy retreating with loss to the woods beyond


    17. But they were disconcerted by the steady American advance, and redoubled their volleys as the thin blue line crossed the valley and commenced to climb the steep ascent


    18. Jenny and Fergus said no more but steered their way down Coven Hill with Mister slinking at their heels just as he had done on the ascent


    19. They all started the ascent, but Ingrid stopped and said, "I won't make it


    20. tendency is alone conducive to the spiritual ascent of man

    21. 30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot, and


    22. and his ascent by which he went up to the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her


    23. and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her


    24. The ascent seemed to last only seconds, Cloud’s head thumping


    25. of a train as it made its ascent to the Plate, appearing briefly


    26. The steep ascent into the Central Tower and navigation through


    27. Cloud and Tifa were reluctant to stop their ascent for him to rest


    28. the Mayor for further information, Cloud led them in their ascent


    29. their ascent in an unseen elevator


    30. His rapid ascent was brought to a sudden halt at their apex

    31. the Turk pilot to begin her ascent


    32. 4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 5And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her


    33. passed beyond the opening, and began their ascent into the dark


    34. return to their ascent of the mountain


    35. Moving slowly, she began the ascent up the rock face toward the bridge


    36. they began in unison the ascent


    37. 27 And when they were building they built themselves a great city and a very high and strong tower; and on account of its height the mortar and bricks did not reach the builders in their ascent to it, until those who went up had completed a full year, and after that, they reached to the builders and gave them the mortar and the bricks; so was it done daily


    38. There was some difference in the chain of ascent for plebeians and patricians, but the highest office was open to both


    39. 27 And when they were building they built themselves a great city and a very high and strong tower; and on account of its height the mortar and bricks did not reach the builders in their ascent to it until those who went up had completed a full year and after that they reached to the builders and gave them the mortar and the bricks; so was it done daily


    40. The workers finally came to a rest, of sorts, nearby the commander’s empty tent that limply sat upon a flat shelf partway up the ascent

    41. As Joshua dismounted to retrieve the errant spear, Gad bravely began the ascent in pursuit, but Moshe quickly called him back exclaiming, “We have more important things to do!”


    42. Shields that had been placed protectively over their heads waved erratically and spears held at the ready thumped on the ground in a chorus of unsteady ascent


    43. upon a flat shelf partway up the ascent


    44. As Joshua dismounted to retrieve the errant spear, Gad bravely began the ascent in pursuit,


    45. When he opened his eyes, the sun was about one-third through its morning ascent


    46. erratically and spears held at the ready thumped on the ground in a chorus of unsteady ascent


    47. She woke hours later when Harry opened the trapdoor and told her to ascent to the top


    48. The day's final ascent was a killer, and we again halted early, on the broad top of the worst ridge yet


    49. the contrary, I indicated a decline rather than an ascent in terms of the line of


    50. He scrambled up a deck, using the ladders, but had to cut his ascent short and hide because he heard voices













































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    Synonyms for "ascent"

    ascending ascension ascent rise rising acclivity climb raise upgrade incline slope climbing mounting

    "ascent" definitions

    an upward slope or grade (as in a road)


    a movement upward


    the act of changing location in an upward direction