Want to use Ambition correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like desire or dream.

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Ambition in a sentence

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Ambition meaning

  1. Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
  2. An object of an ardent desire.
  3. A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.

Synonyms of Ambition

desire aspiration dream ambitiousness drive want

Ambition in Dutch

eerzucht ambitie

Example sentences (20)

Although both are only eighteen, their determination, ambition, and intelligence determine the course of humanity.

Flying Eagles head coach, Ladan Bosso has revealed his team’s ambition ahead of the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

A display of ambition and imagination that allowed you to simply turn your brain off for a moment and enjoy the show.

Ambition and enhancing opportunities remain the most crucial avenues for our economy to chart a course toward growth.

In 2013, Netflix revived the series in what was at the time a statement of ambition for its original programming.

He said he has great regard for Tinubu, which was why he dropped his speakership ambition when he was directed to do so.

A riding centre can press forward with its ambition plans after officially being given a funding boost by the government.

Be clear about your boundaries and values, whether they pertain to honesty, communication, ambition, or shared interests.

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If every country have the possibility of take more land, no doubt they would, ambition and greed are part of human nature.

Communities spokesperson Willie Rennie said: “If MUP doesn’t move with inflation then the ambition of the policy is eroded.

DeSantis’s ambition is to promulgate his ideological anti-China policy both nationally and internationally.

And so he wasn’t surprised when her relentless ambition took her to the abandoned church on Fourth Street.

Haase’s story extends beyond the track — it’s a narrative of courage, ambition, and the pursuit of dreams.

His latest book, The End of Ambition: Americas Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East, will be published in June 2024.

Divya Arora founded Kikgerm in 2020, with an ambition to make sustainable living affordable for everyone.

Given his ambition and his cunning, also his propensity to lie to achieve his ends, he probably would have fit in well there.

And as for Bleeding Cool management – way to program an AI with the ambition of every Bond villain ever.

A bold endeavor by designer David Norris, highlighted the designer's ambition to spark a dialogue on the deification of brands.

Australia is expecting China to ask for Australia’s support to achieve that ambition during this visit.

He wrote in The Telegraph: "Thinking of the common good requires one to put the common good before personal ambition and pique.

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Common combinations with ambition

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • ambition to 38×
  • ambition and 25×
  • ambition of 16×
  • the ambition 13×
  • of ambition 13×
  • and ambition 13×
  • ambition is 12×
  • his ambition 11×
  • an ambition 10×
  • our ambition

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ambition" in a sentence?
An example: "Although both are only eighteen, their determination, ambition, and intelligence determine the course of humanity." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "ambition" from real English texts.
What does "ambition" mean?
Ambition means: Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
What are synonyms of "ambition"?
Common synonyms of "ambition" include: desire, aspiration, dream, ambitiousness, drive, want.
What is "ambition" in Dutch?
"ambition" translates to Dutch as: eerzucht, ambitie.
How many example sentences with "ambition" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "ambition", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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