"sharp ambition" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a strong and intense determination or drive to achieve something. Example: Lisa's sharp ambition propelled her to the top of her class and landed her a prestigious scholarship at Harvard University.
He is horrified when I tell him that a friend of mine described him as the most ambitious person she had ever met: "Properly honed, razor-sharp ambition involves knowing where you want to get to, and I don't".
Blonde and beautiful with a sharp wit and even sharper ambition, Athénaïs subtly employed every weapon at her disposal to win the affections of the young Louis.
But this represents a sharp drop in ambition according to RenewableUK, who said the aim had been 40GW in 2010.
She was an Arkansas hick, but her ambition, sharp humour, and manifest love for Mailer and his children made her life as the partner, and then wife, of the Pulitzer prize-winning celebrity author a success.
Usually, their creator was Boris Johnson, who had for some years worked as the Telegraph's EU correspondent, famous in the press room as a shuffling, shabbily dressed fellow, with a sharp intellect, huge ambition, and a talent for constructing myths.
Christopher J. Christie's burning ambition, sharp wit, endless energy and stomach for cutthroat electoral warfare carried him to early success in New Jersey politics, but just as quickly to a humiliating ouster — one that friends say taught him the utility of compromise, consensus, compassion and patience.
This could be within our reach; but not without a sharp, early increase in ambition and action," the report finds.
They can present a chance at instant equity for someone with ambition and sharp deal-making skills.
You see them buzzing around in their sharp suits, armed with ambition and shiny-eyed optimism; the best set up groups to modernise their chosen parties with fresh attitudes and ideas.
It was a wise and prescient observation from a woman known for her sharp intellect and unashamed ambition, who has risen through Washington's corridors of power to become a serious contender for the next presidency of the United States.
"A cheeky hint of Lynx, a peppery note of shaving foam, plus a rather sharp aftertaste of failed ambition and charbroiled loneliness".
