Sentence examples for ascending about from inspiring English sources

The monument starts as a grand outdoor staircase and then becomes a paved path into the mountains, ascending about 1,000 feet over two miles, with scattered statues celebrating workers, peasants and soldiers.

In 1902, they were compiled into a book, ''Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet.'' The opening pages are tough going, brimming with place names: ''On ascending about 3,000 feet above the Kalai valley, we enjoyed distant views of Pema-yangtse, Yantang, Hi, Sakyang, and other villages.'' Still, all this was valuable information.

The first flight of stairs are located outside the 2nd scenic point, ascending about 74 steps.

(The top 10 appears to be a top 11, but I never have understood the methodology of this poll. Has it ever been explained? Is it one of those dubious internet prompts where listeners have to select from a menu of possibilities, which would be a real no no for Nono?) The number one piece is Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending, about which there is virtually nothing to say, so bland is it.

Imagine my surprise when I saw the film Jupiter Ascending about an average earth woman who finds that she is in fact space royalty.

— started up the 41st Street side of the tower, then ascended about 11 stories on the building's Eighth Avenue facade, which faces the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

I did not have enough time to alert security". Davis did not elaborate on why he ascended about 10 rows of seats to reach his wife in the stands.

She won the International Feminine Aerobatic Championship each year from 1948 to 1950 and set world light-airplane altitude records in 1949, ascending to about 8,000 m (26,000 ft), and in 1951, reaching a height of approximately 8,800 m (29,000 ft).

After ascending it for about 150 miles (240 km) to the vicinity of what is now Albany, New York, Hudson concluded that the river did not lead to the Pacific.

There is an epic quality to it all, complete with a decade of ascending doubts about the whole system, news media revelations of men unjustly convicted, Gov. George Ryan's dramatic moratorium on executions and subsequent commutations, and multiple studies of needless expense and lack of deterrence.

After ascending to about 23 miles, or 120,000 feet, he'll step out of his capsule and, one hopes, be the first human to break the sound barrier all on his own.