Sentence examples for playing ambitious from inspiring English sources

England had given themselves brief hope by dismissing both Chris Rogers and Shane Watson in the first 35 minutes after Australia resumed on 65-0, both men caught playing ambitious back-foot shots.

She is best known for playing ambitious Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn on NBC's long running hit "Law & Order" and Detective Kate Lockley in the TV series "Angel".

The British actor once again plays ambitious young Indian hotelier Sonny, who attempts to expand his empire with the help of his elderly ex-pat guests in the sequel.

When BJ Novak finished making the US version of The Office – in which he played ambitious social chameleon Ryan Howard, as well as being a linchpin of the writers' room – he found himself at a bit of a loose end.

But her delicacy was laced with the devil, which came through when she played ambitious Jo March in Little Women, and later, in the adaptation of The Crucible, that nasty myth about conniving females who bring down good men with their delusional accusations.

Kidman plays ambitious Deputy Dist.

He'll be playing the "ambitious and deadly protégé of a high-ranking church elder".

Playing an ambitious East End gangster in The Long Good Friday (1980), he added an intimidating quality to the vulnerability already established.

Ms. Moss is best known for playing another ambitious secretary (turned copywriter) in a testosterone-drenched world, on the AMC series "Mad Men".

The Venezuelan actor is to star opposite Luke Bracey ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation"), who is playing the ambitious young FBI agent Johnny Utah.

Aside from a few jokes, Spacey mainly assumed the character between songs to offer "pearls of wisdom" collected from two seasons of playing the ambitious House majority whip-turned-president.