Sentence examples for shrewd ambition from inspiring English sources

There's steel beneath the frills of this June from the beginning, and a shrewd ambition that eclipses her mother's.

According to AllMusic's Dean Carlson, "Soul Sound" is a representation that "the jitters of youth are [on One Touch] though tempered by shrewd ambition and a clever and unpredictable production aesthetic".

Despite their shrewd mercenary ambitions, offerings like these ("The 12 Bugs of Christmas," anyone?) are designed for a short shelf life and will surely fade away, only to be reformulated for Christmases future.

She plays Dounia, a shrewd, spirited teen whose ambition dangerously exceeds her wisdom.

The early Rolling Stones — young, shrewd and full of ambition, with Brian Jones on guitar — are on display in an hourlong documentary filmed during the band's tour of Ireland in 1965.

The spikiness, after all, is accompanied by a career at the highest levels, a shrewd wit and a fierce ambition.

He was a shrewd, dignified, Scottish gentleman whose greatest ambition was to be at home in Auchtermuchty among his own people.

For many years, in both government and opposition, Margaret Thatcher leant heavily on William Whitelaw, a shrewd and loyal lieutenant who had no ambition to take her place.

Likewise, when a young state senator called Barack Obama voted for a similar measure in Illinois in 1998, it seemed like a shrewd move for a man with lofty ambitions.

31 "REMBRANDT CREATES REMBRANDT: ART AND AMBITION IN LEIDEN 1629-1631" Rembrandt was a shrewd combination of soulfulness and showmanship.

Joseph Cedar's Israeli movie Footnote is a sprightly, shrewd and ingenious black comedy of middle age and disappointed ambition, which some have sniffed at for being middleweight entertainment.