Sentence examples for ascendancy with from inspiring English sources

Beaumont returned to the ascendancy with a graceful square drive before lumping another straight six.

De Grom was replaced shortly after but the Royals were in the ascendancy, with both bat and glove.

Like his mentor, he has combined business ascendancy with the reputation in his youth as something of a playboy.

Let's start with the sentimental: a chance for Brazil, perhaps the most soccer-mad nation on earth, to commemorate its geopolitical ascendancy with a victory on home soil.

However, current captain Clarke joined former skipper Ponting at the crease and the experienced duo helped put their side in the ascendancy with a quick-scoring counter-attack.

At this juncture Federer held firm to level, but thereafter it was Nadal who was in the ascendancy, with his opponent making an increasing number of errors.

Her ascendancy coincided with the alleged proliferation of illegal practices to get stories.

Le Pen's current ascendancy contrasts with the dire state of the mainstream parties in France.

Latin American restaurants were in the ascendancy too with nine in the list this year – four more than in 2014.

Northern Ireland ended the half in the ascendancy, however, with the lively Hodson laying on chances for both Ward and Paterson.

Diana's ascendancy coincided with celebrity-watching spreading from downmarket magazines and tabloids to the broadsheets and the chattering classes and her progress was a bellwether of that passage.