Sentence examples for ambitions toward from inspiring English sources

With the U.S. Senate and the California governorship out of reach, Issa will have to channel his ambitions toward the House leadership.

Mr. Bloomberg was an ally of George E. Pataki, but Mr. Pataki did not have significant policy ambitions toward the end of his tenure.

The westward movement -- of those driven by dreams, hopes and ambitions toward a land of magnificent scenery and open views -- is one of the nation's oldest stories.

Stewart worked as a stockbroker at a small Wall Street firm (1965 72) until she and her family moved to Westport, Connecticut, and turned their ambitions toward restoring Turkey Hill, a Federal-style farmhouse.

All this has helped shift the global focus on Korea away from the problems of the peninsula and North Korea's nuclear ambitions toward South Korea's role as a normal middle-ranking power.

Mr. Gordon's work with the Lincoln Center Orchestra -- principally some original blues pieces -- hasn't indicated ambitions toward long-form composition, and unsurprisingly the score was a bundle of about half a dozen short, recurring (and rearranged) themes, arising at expected moments.

Jettisoning any ambition toward thrillerhood, "Domestic Disturbance" becomes a plodding, obvious angry-dad melodrama, ambling toward the final, fatal showdown between parent and usurper.

It makes such a stark contrast to so much American independent cinema, less in terms of budget and production scale than in its towering ambition toward that most fascinating subject: another human being.

I related to Robert Evans' drive, passion and ambition toward his work.

If you apply your tenacity and ambition toward something epic that excites you to the very core (as opposed to committing to no cupcakes, no clutter, and no Starbucks coffee), you can make incredible things happen in your life.

Furtwängler was born in 1886, and his earliest ambitions were toward composition.