How to Use ambition in a Sentence

ambition

noun
  • My first ambition as a child was to be in the circus.
  • He lacked ambition and couldn't compete with the others.
  • But her son was a fast kid with big ambitions.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • So what does a lack of ambition look like?
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 19 Mar. 2026
  • That to me is what ambition is.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
  • So, that was one of our ambitions.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But ambition alone is not enough.
    — Jim Williamson, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • But that ambition erodes over time.
    — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The group’s ambition stays the course.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • This is a call to honor both your heart and your ambitions.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But his pride and bald ambition took him a little too close to the sun.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Spiegel and his team deserve a pinch of praise for their ambition.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The ambition doesn't stop there.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Now, with a house of my own, the time has come to fulfill that ambition.
    — Charlie Page, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2020
  • On the other hand, a chef with any ambition wants to put his own stamp on a place.
    — Washington Post, 4 June 2021
  • The new name signaled a shift in ambition.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • And with their sights set on the stars, there’s no telling just how far their ambitions might take them.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • This one stood out for its creative ambition.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Wang isn’t coy about Meta’s ambitions.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Spenser has ski-racing ambitions one day, too.
    — ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Dev’s idea was tailor-made for their ambitions.
    — Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The best art doesn’t come from retail ambition.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • My ambition is to change this country.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • My ambition is to change this country.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • Only a few months ago his major ambition was to make the squad.
    — Rich Exner, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2019
  • His mind is still racing with ambition.
    — Jeff Ihaza, VIBE.com, 2 June 2026
  • Startups can die from too much ambition.
    — Dmitry Malin, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • His ambition not just to succeed but to win was so immense.
    — Joshua John Miller, Vanity Fair, 9 Apr. 2026
  • There’s no ambition to work for a big company or a large brand.
    — Vogue, 3 Sep. 2020
  • What really pushed me to come here was the ambition of this great project.
    — Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2020

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