Sentence examples for an ascendancy from inspiring English sources

French thrift being what it is, all classes read it; the journal automatically gained an ascendancy which could be more ascendant only if it sold for one sou.

Saracens kicked and chased, hit hard, competed on Wasps' lineout throws and achieved an ascendancy up front.

The former approach was dominant in the 1970s, but increases in computing power have led to an ascendancy of ab initio techniques since then.

Toward the end of the 13th century a ruler whose dynastic title was Walashma gained an ascendancy over the Muslim kingdoms of eastern Shewa.

He appointed Sebastião de Carvalho, who soon gained an ascendancy over him and became all-powerful after the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.

Combined with boundless optimism and titanic energy, it has enabled Berlusconi to achieve an ascendancy over the life of his country without parallel in the democratic world.

So, if that is true, why have words held such a long ascendancy as a mode of communication?

But the United States is a democracy, not a Wasp Ascendancy.

In this sense, the arrogance that clings to a bygone ascendancy is itself a threat to national security.

An entertaining first period finished all square after Birmingham's great graft had given them an early ascendancy.

Sancho III Garcés (the Great), king of Navarre (1000 35), was able to establish an undisputed ascendancy in Christian Spain for some years.