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
She praised Agnes for her intellect and encouraged her to be ambitious.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
After all, don’t we all consider ourselves to be ambitious and driven?
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025
We are a big team and we need to be ambitious.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 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
