Sentence examples for usual ambition from inspiring English sources
"I thought I'd do a thousand words by lunchtime — my usual ambition if I'm doing a short piece," he said.
In the game we have to focus on ourselves, go on the pitch with our usual ambition and a desire to impose our rugby on our opponents".
They moved the ball with their usual ambition, but it was like a dog on a treadmill thinking it was having a walk.
When "Phonokinetoscope" keeps us out of Mr. Graham's inner "space," it not only reverses the usual ambition of the visually baroque, quasi-experimental rock 'n' roll films, which is to invite the spectator into the tumultuous mental landscape of the movie's naughty girls and boys; it also suggests that the landscape may not be so tumultuous after all.
Arsenal's attacking play lacked their usual ambition, with their best opportunity coming in the 75th minute, when a deft touch from Dennis Bergkamp almost played Patrick Vieira into the penalty area.
"Blue" isn't a blue movie; it's just a formally standard example of European art cinema that comes with the usual ambitions, pleasure and art included.
Instead, the Norwegian Ronny Deila was named as Lennon's successor, a young, self-assured, contemporary manager who had guided Stromsgodset to achievements beyond their usual ambitions.
In some ways, her ascent is a reflection of the usual attributes — ambition and a knack for playing corporate politics.
In the case of "Embassytown," which with his usual confident ambition takes its monsters and spaceships deep into the zone of overlap between linguistics and politics, let's call it a: planetary romance novel of ideas.
That day I'd hoped to see several more temples and catch a bus back to Bangkok, but as usual, my ambitions did not fit reality and it was already late afternoon.
Senior Labour figures admitted his spell as party leader from 1979-83 was not a happy one, recalling that it was Labour who wanted Mr Foot, rather than him showing a politician's usual hunger and ambition for the top job.
