Example Sentences

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She may only be 26, but the ballerina Catherine Hurlin has been ascending for more than half of her life.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

It has been ascending since its second-half collapse against Kansas City, showing flashes but not enough consistency in losses at Green Bay and Denver before putting it together to upset Tampa Bay in Week 10.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

In the United States, consumer confidence has been ascending since 2009.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2018

Before their graves the smoke of incense, offered by admiring visitors, has been ascending daily for two hundred years.*

From Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation by Hearn, Lafcadio

He has been ascending the steps, till now he sees inside the pearly gates, and one step more will put him inside.

From The Palm Tree Blessing by Shepard, W. E.