Sentence examples for on ascent from inspiring English sources

In Tibet some infants of Han origin never achieve satisfactory acclimatization on ascent to high altitude.

The poor chap will scream the whole flight as the air expands on ascent then can't get out.

Flying should not really worsen this problem, as the pressure differences on ascent and descent are not huge.

It is usually harder to equalize pressures on descent than on ascent, as a vacuum is created in the middle ear that more tightly seals the eustachian tubes.

Mr. Olivas first rode out on the robotic arm to fold down a bit of the heat shield that had folded on ascent, exposing a four-by-six-inch area.

The initial response of respiration to the fall of oxygen partial pressure in the blood on ascent to high altitude occurs in two small nodules, the carotid bodies, attached to the division of the carotid arteries on either side of the neck.

Famously, on one ascent, his chain came off; he stopped, replaced it, and went on to win.

It was nothing like Sunday's stage, when Schleck rode away from Contador on one ascent.

As it is, when one descends a hill the camera points at the pavement; on ascents, it peers at birds' nests in treetops.

Usually there is no difficulty on ascents, as the force of the expanding air is sufficient to cause the air to escape even through partially blocked canals.

U.S. 395 was rebuilt on a new alignment on the ascent to Sherwin Summit and around Crowley Lake.