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Meanings of ascending the stairs in English

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Usage of ascending the stairs in English
1
A step in the passage below, ascending the stairs slowly and heavily.
Bressant: A Novel
2
Cuthbert heard footsteps ascending the stairs-thelight footsteps of a hasty man.
The Secret Passage
3
While he was deliberating this important point she was ascending the stairs.
The Book-Hunter at Home
4
With these words Potts departed, and, ascending the stairs, entered the drawing-room.
Cord and Creese
5
Jude's reverie was interrupted by the creak of footsteps ascending the stairs.
Jude the Obscure
6
Up they glided, story after story, without seeing him ascending the stairs.
The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler; Or, Working for the Custom Hou...
7
Mrs. Verner is ill, Lionel added, as they were ascending the stairs.
Verner's Pride
8
A tall, emaciated woman, dressed in mourning, was slowly ascending the stairs.
The Asylum
9
Almost at the same instant footsteps were heard ascending the stairs.
The Blue Pavilions
10
They were ascending the stairs, and grew fainter towards the top.
John Thorndyke's Cases / related by Christopher Jervis and edite...
11
His mother called to him as he was ascending the stairs:
Youth Challenges
12
But despite his scorn, David was ascending the stairs, with Lublamai behind him.
Perdido Street Station
13
A heavy step announced that some one was ascending the stairs.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 /...
14
At last he heard her knock, and her light foot ascending the stairs.
Mary Gray
15
For example, Adam Tellwright found himself ascending the stairs of No.
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
16
Her belongings gathered around her body like armor, she began ascending the stairs.
Mad enough to marry
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Ascending the stairs through the time
Ascending the stairs across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common