How to Use ambitious in a Sentence

ambitious

adjective
  • Your plans for the future are very ambitious.
  • It was too ambitious a task for just one person.
  • This 500-page book is her most ambitious effort yet.
  • The company was created by two very ambitious young men in the early 1900s.
  • But what came to fruition was much more ambitious.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And maybe the idea is not ambitious enough.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • This project is my most ambitious to date.
    — Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The city has ambitious plans for new light rail and rapid bus lines.
    — Julie Bykowicz, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Your goals are no doubt ambitious.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Coward is the work of many and my most ambitious project yet.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But the more ambitious work goes on behind the scenes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The look is bold and ambitious, but the lo-fi ethos remains.
    — Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Her goal at this year’s race was as ambitious as ever.
    — Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • That one may be a bit ambitious, budget-wise.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Each, in their way, is ambitious — no room for slackers here!
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • This year the schedule is even more ambitious.
    — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The trips that followed were longer, more ambitious.
    — Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Hendriks had his own plan, too, of course—one that would turn out to be even more ambitious.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 10 July 2023
  • The approach is both ambitious and apt.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • That is an ambitious and worthwhile goal.
    — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But the Poundbury project has been far more ambitious than a book.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • Give me 5 versions, each more ambitious than the last.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • But Reed wrote a more ambitious novel than that.
    — Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, some of you might be keen to make an ambitious purchase.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Our biggest and most ambitious record to date with some crazy features.
    — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Weave, for its part, has a more ambitious plan that goes beyond the laundry room.
    — New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Some were hits, some flops, but all were ambitious in terms of talent and budget.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 13 June 2024
  • Right now, nobody has stepped up to bankroll such an ambitious effort.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • To judge by the present company, this meant ambitious and busy.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • There were questions about how ambitious women should or could be.
    — Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026

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