ambition
Example Sentences
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When I tell The Dog my gardening ambition, she cocks her head to one side.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
As you can see, Brockman’s writing is full of uncertainty, ambition, introspection, raw emotion, self-awareness and self-doubt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
These gaps, in other words, reflect broader differences in access to wealth-building tools rather than differences in effort or ambition.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
At one point during the first UK date of Rosalía's jaw-dropping Lux tour, the Spanish star recalled her childhood ambition of playing a show in London.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
This was the end of his ambition to become an Auror.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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