Sentence examples for ascend on from inspiring English sources
The phrase "ascend on" is not correct or usable in written English
The correct phrasing would be "ascend to" or "ascend upon". For example: The birds of paradise ascended upon the treetops.
Rabbi Jacob Ettlinger writes "since the gate of heaven is near the Western Wall, it is understandable that all Israel's prayers ascend on high there...as one of the great ancient kabbalists Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla said, when the Jews send their prayers from the Diaspora in the direction of Jerusalem, from there they ascend by way of the Western Wall".
Jesus now says to Judas, "You will not ascend on high" to join those in Heaven.
Because about half of the fibres of the auditory pathways cross the midline while others ascend on the same side of the brain, each ear is represented in both the right and left cortex.
Kazin uses walking as a metaphor for ambition and escape; his book is a study in how ambitious kids can ascend on foot when the provinces are just across the bridge.
It is part of the magnetism of the playoffs, the anticipation of the unknown: that a flawed backup with limited but tantalizing skills — athleticism, elusiveness, improvisation — could ascend on a national stage and surprise a defense that had spent the week expecting someone else.
At first, Alpine skiers had to ascend on foot to a height before being able to ski down, which severely limited the number of downhill runs skiers could make in a day, even if they had the energy to keep climbing back up the slope.
The Vatican itself owns what it believes to be a fragment of the table from the Last Supper and marble stairs that are the same ones Jesus ascended on His way to appear before Pontius Pilate.
Four out of the last eight Presidents were ex-Veeps, only one of whom ascended on account of his predecessor's death.
What could have been one of Mr. da Silva's crowning achievements as president of a country ascending on the global stage was being characterized as a misstep that could dent the legacy of the popular president.
Since then, local comedy has been thriving, with Sander Õigus rapidly ascending on the circuit.
The mixture is compressed as the piston ascends on the compression stroke with both valves closed.
