The phrase "ambitions arose" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the emergence or development of aspirations or goals, often in a narrative or reflective context.
Example: "As the project progressed, new ideas sparked, and ambitions arose among the team members."
Alternatives: "aspirations emerged" or "goals developed".
As Angelou's friend, scholar Dolly McPherson states, "The saddest part of Singin' and Swingin' is the young Guy, who, though deeply loved by Angelou, seems to be shoved into the background whenever a need to satisfy her monetary requirements or theatrical ambitions arises".
An opportunity to further this ambition arose in November 1893, when the prominent biologist Sir John Murray, who had visited Antarctic waters as a biologist with the Challenger Expedition in the 1870s, addressed the RGS.
People speculate, as they will, that Zwirner's ambition arises out of a compulsion to surpass his father.
It came down as part of the property boom that happened in Calcutta in the 1990s, in anticipation of the Left Front government's resolve to bring industry to Bengal – a belated stirring of ambition arising from a desire not to miss out on the apparent benefits of economic deregulation that were transforming cities like Bombay, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore.
But, as he frequently has when rumors of his political ambitions have arisen over the past two years, he kept his answers conspicuously in the present tense.
Not all my doubts about "Smash's" chances stem from the show's ambitions; some arise from the show-within-a-show.
Up front Swansea had willing runners in the shape of Fabio Borini, Scott Sinclair and the excellent Nathan Dyer, who all broke with pace and ambition when opportunities arose.
But when a full-time investigator position arose, she set her academic ambitions aside and "jumped at the chance" to apply for the job.
For self-declared "inspired amateurs," whose genius and influence arose from the pairing of limited ability and boundless ambition, that may be the wisest observation here.
The notion and the ambition of being able to program networks to achieve particular properties arose in the early 1990s with the advent of ATM switches, multimedia-capable client devices, and the quest for Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees for end-users.
