ambition
Example Sentences
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I arrived in Seattle with dreams and ambition and ended up building Starbucks into a company known around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The move was seen as a risk, the result a check on Porter’s ambition.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
"For a production developed outside London to receive recognition at the Tony Awards speaks volumes about the creativity, ambition and talent that still exists across the UK theatre sector."
From BBC • May 10, 2026
When I tell The Dog my gardening ambition, she cocks her head to one side.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Richard was amused by the formal precision in the way Ugwu said expect; he admired Ugwu’s ambition and his recent scribbling on any paper he could find.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
Nothing But the Truth
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