Examples of “ascending” in a Sentence

adj Increasing step by step; rising in order from lowest to highest.

• The students lined up in ascending order of height.
• The numbers are listed in ascending order.
• Prices are shown in ascending order on the results page.

adj Moving or sloping upward.

• We followed the ascending staircase to the top floor.
• The plane's ascending path took it high above the clouds.
• The trail follows an ascending path along the ridge.