be ambitious

Example Sentences

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However, Graham Stringer, the MP for Blackley and Middleton South in Greater Manchester, said Burnham was "entitled to be ambitious but this isn't the right opportunity".

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

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

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

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

I know you learn more as you grow up but what if all you learn is that you shouldn’t be ambitious?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 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