Sentence examples for for ascendancy from inspiring English sources

The fish was beautifully cooked, but the dish was fussy with too many assertive tastes vying for ascendancy.

Nasiriya is a stage, rendered small, where several Shiite currents, from street movements to venerable parties, are now vying for ascendancy.

As wives attempted to maneuver themselves and their sons into positions of power, the harem became an arena in which rival factions fought for ascendancy at the court.

Though he improved his ranking from to 22 from 93 in 2012, he keeps his stated goals for ascendancy somewhat more conservative.

In the early decades of Christianity no orthodoxy had been established, and various parties or factions were vying for ascendancy and regularity in the young church.

For the next seven years Hrawi, Hariri and parliamentary speaker, Nabih Berri, ruled Lebanon as a troika, often fighting each other for ascendancy.

Cycling enthusiasts blame the sweltering heat, potholes, and the dumping of Chinese bikes unsuitable for glutinous dirt roads for the ascendancy of belching minivans, even over short distances.

A senior military post for Kim Jong-un was a prerequisite for his ascendancy to power.

The government and the army repeatedly supported imperialistically motivated aggression, as did large Japanese companies looking for new resources, opening the way for the ascendancy of military supremacy in politics.

It is unclear whether the story of the two Wests was responsible for the eventual failure of bertillonage and for the ascendancy of fingerprinting.

A lawyer who helped lay the foundations for conservative ascendancy in the Republican Party, Mr. Rusher was a relentless spokesman for the cause: the author of five books, scores of articles and "The Conservative Advocate," a syndicated column published in newspapers across the country for 36 years.