ambition
Example Sentences
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Here, a ballroom could aspire to a larger ambition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
With its bed made just so, “Exit 8” has a refreshing ambition: It wants to be both a purgatory and an advancement in form.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Only her carved cheekbones give off an impression of Lori’s hungry ambition.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
"He had the ambition, and after talking to the management, they came to an understanding so ultimately everything that happened was correct for both sides," added Borges.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
For them, the city represented something new under the Southern sun: a place where anyone could prosper, where ambition and hard work, not skin color, determined one’s chances for success or failure.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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