Sentence examples for conceived ambition from inspiring English sources

This loosely conceived ambition became Black & White, an open-world strategy adventure in which the player became a god controlling a society of primitive villagers.

From 1816, at least, Hugo had conceived ambitions other than the law.

"I was miserable," he recalled, and conceived an ambition to join the civil service.

In the 1920's Benton conceived an ambition to make expansive murals about American history.

Reconciled to his family in 1803, he entered Worcester College, Oxford, where he conceived the ambition of becoming "the intellectual benefactor of mankind".

It was then that he conceived an ambition to write "the definitive history of the 20th century" - but to achieve this, he realised, he needed to know something about economics and social science.

"Of my boldness in this address," he writes, "I most humbly beseech your Majesty to admit this excuse, that, having observed how much your Majesty has vouchsafed to descend to a conversation with your subjects by way of your books, I also conceived an ambition of ascending to your presence by the same way".

"This new edition is the fulfillment of an ambition conceived years ago.

The need to prove oneself better than any Upper East Side twit and the guilt from having conceived such a hollow ambition.

Leicester's approach this season has been characterised by an accent on pace and ambition, as conceived by the new head coach, Aaron Mauger.

While this ambition was conceived necessarily in order to set the tone for the coalition at its consolidating stage, it has had its negative effects.