Examples of 'ambition' in a sentence

Meaning of "ambition"

Ambition is a strong desire to do or achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work
Show more definitions
  • Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
  • An object of an ardent desire.
  • A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
  • A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.

How to use "ambition" in a sentence

Basic
Advanced
ambition
Sometimes ambition can be bad for people.
But you have got to have ambition.
Her ambition is enough for them both.
Please become the ambition of this breath.
This ambition of diversity is not one to be disappointed.
Greed and vaulting ambition was their downfall.
Your ambition does not sound to be so very patriotic.
This is the principal ambition of parents in nowadays.
Our ambition is to show how we can do that.
Every success breeds an ambition to do even better.
Your ambition has cost so many lives.
Do not underestimate the ambition of a woman scorned.
Our ambition is to go further and prioritize creativity.
Think where your ambition will lead.
Your ambition has been frustrated in some way.

See also

A man with great ambition and no morals.
His ambition was not to create a religious institution.
I thought it was my ambition that caused our divorce.
My ambition is to promote universal accession to these instruments.
Takamaru has no ambition for status or money.
The war drove us mad with ambition.
My only ambition now is to make her happy.
You could see the ambition in them.
The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
Your only ideal is your own ambition.
A guy without ambition is at the top of my list.
It can take away all your ambition.
But his ambition is his real passion.
I try not to be motivated by destructive ambition or frivolousness.
Desire and ambition fuel this heart.
This issue is no exception from that ambition.
You make ambition sound like a sin.
We continue to believe that this is a realistic ambition.
I admire ambition when it do not get in my way.
Not in the name of ambition but glory.
That ambition will take you places.
A whore with more ambition than sense.
His ambition was to break into television as an announcer.
It combines substantial ambition with appropriate sequencing.
Our ambition to improve ourselves motivates everything we do.
Why then your ambition makes it one.
His ambition was to help to reestablish peace in those.
Do not let your ambition control you.
This ambition has not yet been achieved.
You have got to admire his ambition.
Germany has no ambition to become a nuclear power.
Do not be like those beggars with no ambition.
Our common ambition should be very high.
I am the only one with any ambition.
I have let my ambition override my sense of duty.

Synonyms

Search by letter in the English dictionary