Sentence examples for ambitious lord from inspiring English sources

The bass-baritone Iain Paterson, a vocally solid Gunther, conveyed the complexities of this weak-willed but ambitious lord.

The Ubuesque grotesqueries of the newly ambitious lord invoke Welles's career-long theme — the comeuppance of the arrogant — but several stunning details reflect another outrage.

Finally, in 1386 88, the ambitious lord of Corinth, Nerio I Acciaioli, captured Athens and claimed the Duchy for himself from the Crown of Aragon.

Lord, Lord, Lord!" She flailed her arms.

During the period following Otakar's death (remembered as the "evil years"), Wenceslas was a mere puppet in the hands of ambitious lords, but in 1290 he emancipated himself from the tutelage and ruled with more success than had his father.

The ambitious Lord Jim (1965), with Peter O'Toole as the guilt-racked protagonist of Joseph Conrad's novel, was considered by some to be self-indulgent, although most of the reviews were largely positive.

"Arts programming sits right at the heart of the BBC and is a vital part of who we are, but I want us to to be much more ambitious," Lord Hall said.

In that vein, "Star Wars" is also the first ever franchise to be conceived as a nine-picture series, a precedent that paved the way for ambitious studio undertakings like "Lord Of The Rings". 7. The idea of springing a lineage between characters isn't a new one (see Jane Austen's multiple grandparent-grandchild reveals in a single page of her 1790 work, "Love And Friendship").

Inquiries reveal that an 18th-century Lord Ilchester had an ambitious vision for his estate, and the Towers, built in 1755, were part of it.

VICE News hit the streets of Los Angeles to meet admirers of El Chapo — and some ambitious entrepreneurs — who've found ways to celebrate the drug lord in the form of songs, T-shirts, and tacos.

In 2007, Summerfield began his most ambitious project yet: A 12-hour homage to Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.