be ambitious

Example Sentences

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Should one give a lowball forecast to investors only to over deliver later, or be ambitious and do everything possible to stick to the promised goal?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

But he loved the idea of being a star and he was invited to be ambitious at PSG.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

After all, don’t we all consider ourselves to be ambitious and driven?

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

We really wanted to be ambitious in the look of the show, and that just took such tremendous effort.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2024

He may be stern; he may be exacting; he may be ambitious yet; but his is the sternness of the warrior Greatheart, who guards his pilgrim convoy from the onslaught of Apollyon.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë