AMBITION in a Sentence
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112 example sentences for AMBITION, such as:
1. She's a woman of driving ambition.
2. His ambition is to sail round the world.
3. Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
4. This decision seemed to cloud my every ambition.
5. You will achieve your ambition if you work hard.
2. His ambition is to sail round the world.
3. Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
4. This decision seemed to cloud my every ambition.
5. You will achieve your ambition if you work hard.
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Meanings and Examples of AMBITION
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ambition
v. have as one's ambition
n. a cherished desire
Classic Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
1 For he saw that the ambition of others made it impossible for him to do what was useful for many against the will of a few.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX.
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX.
2 For when no longer urged to war on one another by necessity, they are urged by ambition, which has such dominion in their hearts that it never leaves them to whatsoever heights they climb.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXVII.
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXVII.
3 One kind of war has its origin in the ambition of princes or republics who seek to extend their dominions.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII.
4 For terms of accord having been settled between the senate and commons of Rome, the latter, thinking their tribunes well able to withstand the ambition of the nobles, prolonged their authority for a year.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXIV.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXIV.
5 King Louis was brought into Italy by the ambition of the Venetians, who desired to obtain half the state of Lombardy by his intervention.
6 Francesco turned his ambition to Lombardy; Braccio against the Church and the kingdom of Naples.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In CHAPTER XII — HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND C...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER XII — HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND C...
7 And so, too, the native ambition and aspiration of men, even though they be black, backward, and ungraceful, must not lightly be dealt with.
8 In all my efforts to learn to read my mother shared fully my ambition, and sympathized with me and aided me in every way that she could.
9 The great ambition of the older people was to try to learn to read the Bible before they died.
10 This decision seemed to cloud my every ambition.
11 They soon lose ambition to do anything else than to continue as a coal-miner.
12 It was my greatest ambition during the summer to save money enough with which to pay this debt.
13 The ambition to secure an education was most praiseworthy and encouraging.
14 The members of this class had little ambition to create a position for themselves, but wanted the Federal officials to create one for them.
15 From the first, my wife most earnestly devoted her thoughts and time to the work of the school, and was completely one with me in every interest and ambition.
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1 The main qualities required are preparedness to work hard, ability to learn, ambition and good health.
2 She hoped to achieve her ambition to become a singer.
3 You will achieve your ambition if you work hard.
4 He was prepared to risk everything in order to achieve his ambition.
5 Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
6 Her ambition was to go to law school and become an attorney.
7 His decision to move to London is closely allied to his ambition to become manager of the company.
8 Reynolds has never concealed his ambition to be the top dog.
9 Her ambition and dogged determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession.
10 She's a woman of driving ambition.
11 His ambition is to sail round the world.
12 Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
13 To remember that success lies within myself; in my own brain, my own ambition, my own courage and determination.
14 She showed her elation at having finally achieved her ambition.
15 The company's grand ambition was to become the first and biggest global airline.