All 13 Uses of
ascend
in
Angels & Demons
- As the two men ascended the stone path toward the entry, they passed under a gateway formed by a pair of marble columns.†
Chpt 8
- Kohler's breath was labored and getting worse as the Haz-Mat elevator ascended.†
Chpt 27-28
- Ascending.†
Chpt 29-30 *
- She ascended the main portico to the church's sole wooden door.†
Chpt 63-64
- Having ascended the church stairs, he was now higher, and his view was better.†
Chpt 69-70
- Before ascending, Langdon knew he needed a weapon, any weapon.†
Chpt 107-108
- Langdon ascended, listening for sounds.†
Chpt 107-108
- He ascended into the total darkness, keeping one hand on the wall.†
Chpt 107-108
- As they ran on through the mausoleums, Langdon felt his legs tiring, noting to his surprise that the group was ascending a steady incline.†
Chpt 119-120
- They continued ascending the sinuous passages.†
Chpt 119-120
- With flames flickering all around him, the camerlegno looked like an angel ascending to heaven.†
Chpt 133-134
- And when the flame went up toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame.†
Chpt 133-134
- And had he not ascended miraculously into a pillar of fire, he would now be buried in the Vatican Grottoes along with the other Popes.†
Chpt 135-136
Definition:
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(ascend as in: ascend the mountain) to move or slope upward -- sometimes figuratively as when climbing the corporate ladder