ambitious
Example Sentences
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As Mr. Hart points out, this “mechanical slaughter” anticipated others during World War I. Men who were ambitious young officers during the Sudan operations subsequently reached high command during the “Great War.”
Suez called for a more ambitious plan to tackle the fire risk and environmental damage from cheap throwaway vapes, such as a nationwide recycling scheme paid for by producers.
From BBC
“Arcadia,” perhaps his crowning achievement, may not be as sprawling but it’s just as intellectually ambitious.
From Los Angeles Times
It is a great, great job being the manager of ambitious young men who want to achieve something together.
From BBC
Ms. Collinsworth, a former publisher and magazine editor, gives readers a close-up view of an ambitious freethinker and a lively picture of the milieu in which she operated.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
