Sentence examples for stubborn ambition from inspiring English sources

BEYOND the artificial archipelagoes shaped like palm trees, not far from the tallest skyscraper in the world, stands another monument to this city-state's stubborn ambition.

It swiftly becomes clear that beneath this homely fug there is a woman with stubborn ambition and enviable focus (at least when the kids are at school).

Critics say this stubborn ambition may also lie behind his decision to challenge Mr. Kan at a time when the public seems likely to frown on another change at the top, having gone through six prime ministers in four years.

I'm only 47. Simon Rogan is a clever, driven, stubborn man with ambitions, all of which I am sure he will achieve.

Mr. Carter's image as a decent but vacillating leader out of his depth in the White House is undermined by biographical material that reveals the confidence, stubborn certainty and relentless ambition that got him to Washington.

From Alex and Nancy's point of view, Mrs. Connelly is a stubborn impediment to their ambitions.

What made me want to write his biography was my curiosity about what it felt like to dwell in his twangy, inbetween psychic state, full of intense ambition and equally stubborn flaws.

— Mitt Romney has tried for weeks to snuff out Newt Gingrich's presidential ambitions, but his stubborn survival has become a welcome relief for Mr. Romney.

Princess Mononoke is well known for her short-tempered and stubborn personality - if she has the ambition to do something, nothing will get in her way, not even her own maturity.

As these and other stubborn economic truths reassert themselves, they will place limits on the ambitions of left-leaning politicians.

A year later, after weathering his father's air of disappointment and his mother's cancer treatments, Will (who is more patient and less stubborn than his older brothers) swings back into the worn saddle of his ambitions.