aspirer

Example Sentences

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But the aspiration was above the competency of the aspirer.

From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch

O, then, Were it not better my disgrace were known, Than such a base aspirer fill the throne?

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

The first ascents to sovereignty are hard; But, entered once, there never wants or means, Or ministers, to help the aspirer on.

From Sejanus: His Fall by Jonson, Ben

Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!—didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?

From Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Well, a new aspirer, I suppose, has succeeded, and he is the bone of contention.

From Jane Talbot by Brown, Charles Brockden