Sentence examples for making an ascent from inspiring English sources

For the first month, Wilde was tied to a treadmill six hours a day, making an ascent, as it were, of 6,000 feet each day, with five minutes' rest after every 20 minutes.

On 6 July 1819, while making an ascent to start a display over the Tivoli Gardens in Paris, her hydrogen-filled balloon caught fire and Blanchard, entangled in the surrounding net, fell to her death.

The technique was anathema to some devotees of what is known as traditional climbing, a far more risky endeavor that requires climbers to improvise their own network of anchors and safety ropes as they make an ascent.

Despite being trained by the legendary Shawn Michaels and universally recognised as one of the best in-ring talents of his generation, he seemed unlikely to make an ascent towards the mainstream of wrestling.

It is customary at the laboratory to have an experienced member of the staff accompany visitors when they make an ascent in the chamber; a job she's slated for.

Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa in Bamberg, South Carolina, to Sikh parents who emigrated from India, Haley made an ascent to the governor's mansion – and the national stage – which has often been a tale of perseverance against all odds.

Fournier said that, in addition to the fatalities, 14 people were injured as a wall of snow crashed down on them as they made an ascent by way of Mont Maudit (the "Cursed Mountain").

Ballinger told Reuters by phone from Kathmandu that when he left base camp early on Thursday afternoon there were only 40 or 50 climbers still there hoping to make an ascent.

As a vehicle makes an ascent, it dumps propellant stages, which then fall to destruction, torn apart as they tumble end over end.

On 11 September Ollier and Brocherel made an ascent of the Darwin Glacier, but were forced to retreat due to a blizzard.

Thible, an opera singer, had made an ascent to entertain Gustav III of Sweden in Lyon on 4 June 1784, fourteen years before Citoyenne Henri.