ambition
Example Sentences
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The move was seen as a risk, the result a check on Porter’s ambition.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
In an article for the Sunday Times, he suggested the election strategy lacked ambition and was "never going to galvanise Scottish voters".
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
These gaps, in other words, reflect broader differences in access to wealth-building tools rather than differences in effort or ambition.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
His eager ambition along with his great success led him to think “thoughts too great for man,” the thing of all others the gods objected to.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
Nothing But the Truth
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