Ascendency in a sentence

The first quarter saw Jammers leading 20 to 16, while at half time Jammers were still in ascendency 44 to 38 points.

However, the partnership between Gill and Mandeep went from strength to strengh and helped Punjab gain the ascendency.

With the ascendency of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1970s, his work was again celebrated and collected.

The visitors were well in the ascendency and sensed a killer second as Alex Palmer parried from Dan Neil.

He ended French Valois ambitions in Italy and brought about the Habsburg ascendency in Europe.

Two decades on, China has become a major presence in space – a status that mirrors its growing economic, political and military ascendency on Earth.

Some of those people are thankful for and say “God Bless Donald Trump” every day and pray for his ascendency as President and to replace Jesus on the throne.

After the ascendency of Emmerson Mnangagwa to the presidency last November, the local company has been mandated to undertake works on the country's busiest border post.

Mnangagwa's trip is also in line with his business investment mantra the new President has been pushing since his ascendency to the highest position on the land in November last year.

The shrimping success is something to be pleased about, and of course there are many other things that I can point to, but for now, this suffices for optimism in the ascendency in Guyana.

The withdrawal of Barrett was a stark admission by Steve Hansen that his tactics were misjudged but by the time Cane arrived it was too late, the ascendency at the breakdown of Curry and Underhill was complete.

It sounds like the street stuff from Limbe in Blantyre where some governing alliance apologists welcomed Chakwera’s ascendency by waging a battle of supremacy on DPP cadres they once disdained as heavy-handed thieves.

The Farnese family had prospered over the centuries but it was Alessandro’s ascendency to the papacy and his dedication to family interests which brought about the most significant increase in the family’s wealth and power.

Obama played varsity and junior varsity basketball at the Punahou School, a private prep school in Honolulu, and has long professed his love of the game — playing throughout his political ascendency and while in the White House.

Mr. Dhawan added that while skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid had earlier backed him and told him to focus on the ODI World Cup, a dip in form, coupled with Mr. Gill's ascendency, has seen him lose his place in the side.

Obasanjo enthused; “… our security forces are on the ascendency over the forces of destruction and the menace of insurgency that we have experienced for almost six years now;’’ and maintained this stand until he became partisan by mid-2018.