Sentence examples for towering ambitions from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON -- For all the towering ambitions of this city's residents, its buildings are generally short and boxy.

The symbol of a season of joy, it had somehow taken root in a crack on the edge of a city of great riches and towering ambitions.

Re "Gotham's Towering Ambitions," by Kenneth T. Jackson (Op-Ed, Aug. 30): You don't need to be a preservationist to oppose the Midtown East rezoning proposal now being rushed through the approval process.

Edwards sat mutely in a courtroom in Greensboro, N.C., where his breathtaking deceptions in the service of his towering ambitions were laid bare for the world, which watched raptly, but not in admiration.

Decades later that condemnation is largely a memory (as are some of those forests) and it is possible to see "Heaven's Gate" for what it is: a film with greatness in it but also longueurs, a fascinating artifact and a monument to Mr. Cimino's towering ambitions, as much for himself as for his art.

At the same time father and son have towering ambitions: They're looking to raise $1 billion to solidify Liberty's legacy as a West Point for the faithful.

Towering ambition, but are we building up to a recession?

Mr. Cramer's book is at bottom a psychological study of towering ambition and the toll of public life.

To this scarcity of dramatic detail, Haven brings a sympathetic reading of Girard's books in all their towering ambition, along with a journalist's first-person narration as she goes in search of clues to the intellectual origins of her elusive subject.

More information about Museum and other programs including Quilt in the Capital 2012, Architecture 101, LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition, Sunday Concerts and more can be found on the Museum site.

Likewise, the Field Building's towering Deco ambitions were just as impressive as they must have been when it opened in 1934, in the depths of the Depression.