ascend
verb (used without object)
to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise.
had been ascending
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past perfect progressiveof ascend.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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With that speech, and the humility Gurley displayed during interviews immediately afterward, a star that had been ascending suddenly shot across the national sports landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2016
Shortly after this joyous rencontre we topped the rise, and, looking back, could realize the grade we had been ascending.
From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward
In the meantime, Mrs. Gregory had been ascending the stairs.
From Fran by Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge)
At right angles to the valley they had been ascending, and which here opened out into a wide basin barred in front by the cliff referred to, ran another similar defile.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram
We had been ascending steadily, and Byfield’s English thermometer stood at thirteen degrees.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
