"feeding ambition" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe the act of nourishing or fueling one's drive or determination to achieve a goal or succeed in something. Example: "His constant thirst for knowledge was feeding his ambition to become a successful lawyer."
She shared his interest in food, and together they went back time and again to France, feeding his ambition to open his own restaurant.
Even though these seem to have only strengthened Goldman in the past, by feeding the ambition of talented lower-ranking employees, there is always the possibility that someone will be lost and worst of all lost to a competitor.The new chief executive's job will not be easy.
In this case, instead of feeding the ambitions of demagogic politicians and TV personalities, this would be a demand to feed all the people by making sure they can get the work to pay for the fundamental necessities that are every American's right...not just the wealthy few.
The introduction of tractors and other mechanized farming equipment fed the ambition of some African farmers.
Flamboyant as ever despite his wrinkled face and rambling speech, he is increasingly fawned upon.Since the passing of President Omar Bongo of Gabon in June, Mr Qaddafi has no near rival as the longest-serving African or Arab leader, and longevity seems to feed his ambition.
Westminster goes out of its way to feed these ambitions.
In a country torn by decades of war, the number of political panhandlers scavenging for scraps on which to feed their ambitions is too great to count.
He is one of many students drawn by a surge of scientific optimism in the 1920s to Berlin, where a chance encounter with Einstein feeds his ambitions of making a great discovery.
Instead of ending the chaos, these new powers only fed local ambitions and rivalries.
