Sentence examples for To ambition from inspiring English sources
noun
Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
- My son, John, wants to be a firefighter very much. He has a lot of ambition.
It all comes down to ambition.
Mr. Russell grew to view children as obstacles to ambition.
The key to ambition is the ability to cloak it.
Indiscretion is unlikely to be an impediment to ambition.
In terms of men, this might be linked to ambition, dominance and control over resources.
New Yorkers may not always react well to good manners, but they do respond to ambition.
I want to do my 'Louie.' " That aspiration refers more to ambition than aesthetic.
Obama disarmingly admits to ambition, "chronic restlessness" and envy of more successful younger politicians.
But it also retains relevance to ambition and success in the 21st century.
Bahadur writes: "Globalization has led towns like Umred to demand electricity — necessary for the Internet and satellite television, and 'essential,' as one resident tells Giridharadas, 'to ambition.' " In other words, McLuhan was probably well aware of the "rising black consciousness" and believed it was brought about substantially by electricity.
But there will always be a small piece of me that finds fault with my aversion to ambition a little voice that tells me I am wasting what I have been given, that what I am is not enough.
