Sentence examples for The ascendants from inspiring English sources

In the late Roman Empire the descendants and if there were no descendants, the ascendants (e.g., parents)—were given the right to a share in the estate (pars legitima), of which none of them could be deprived except upon serious cause stated in the will.

He is the ascendant Obama coalition; let's make sure he ascends right now.

BLAIRISM is in the ascendant.

Individually, these people were in the ascendant.

A profession in the ascendant.

The ascendant Tunisian opposition may fail.

Milla Jovovich is in the ascendant.

Today, her Gemini appears in the ascendant.

Hamas, however, is still in the ascendant.

Are these little ovoids in the ascendant?

Farce is in the ascendant right now.