Sentence examples for minor ambitions from inspiring English sources

It was comforting to see their minor ambitions.

The directors found quite the conduit for their minor ambitions in their star, the wiry and long-waisted Mr. Bouajila.

By playing the four and three of spades on the 11th and 12th tricks, Passell achieved one of life's minor ambitions.

A man of minor ambitions and major loquacity, he's galled at having to take employment from an old family nemesis, Samuel Carson George C. Heslinn), referred to as the G. C. (for general contractor).

"But it's also a film of very little ambition, a minor entry in the director's canon".

A juicy and suspenseful life of the minor German princess whose ambition, wiles, luck and strategic marriage helped her become Empress of All the Russias.

Victories in both team pursuits and the women's team sprint represent the perfect outcome for British Cycling, while fifth place for the men's team sprint is no more than a very minor setback for their Olympic ambitions.

Monroe would likely have remained only a minor figure but for her ambition to establish a forum for contemporary poets.

Here he presents a sweeping narrative of the minor German princess (1729-96) whose ambition, wiles, luck and strategic marriage helped her become Empress of All the Russias.

There he lived in a guesthouse on the property of an ailing woman named Didi Sohus, audited film courses at U.S.C., and promoted himself as "Christopher Chichester," a minor British aristocrat with movie-industry ambitions.

His ambitions seem modest.