How to use "ambitious" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "ambitious" in popular movie and book plots

  • Seldon's consort Dors is killed (or rather destroyed) in an internal plot by an ambitious member of Seldon's own group.  - Forward the Foundation
  • Soon after this meeting, Fatio and Eliza prevent the attempted kidnapping of William of Orange by an ambitious French courtier.  - Quicksilver (novel)
  • King Verence I of Lancre is murdered by his cousin, Duke Felmet, after his ambitious wife persuades him to do so.  - Wyrd Sisters
  • For her father's sake, she does her best to get on with her socially ambitious and selfish stepmother, but the home is not always happy.  - Wives and Daughters
  • At the climax of the film, Jonathan confesses to Tina that his ambitious plans have collapsed.  - Diary of a Mad Housewife
  • They return to the Asian laundromat but are betrayed by an ambitious monk.  - Bulletproof Monk
  • Sills is a carnival barker who is in love with a dancing girl and is ambitious to have his son, Fairbanks, become a lawyer.  - The Barker
  • Hud Bannon (Paul Newman) is ambitious and self-centered, the opposite of his deeply principled rancher father Homer (Melvyn Douglas).  - Hud (1963 film)
  • Although many early NASA rockets explode during launch, the ambitious astronauts all hope to be the first in space as part of Project Mercury.  - The Right Stuff (film)
  • On a placid autumn night, the ambitious Crane attends a harvest party at the Van Tassels' homestead.  - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • The confession is witnessed by the ambitious Hebrew chief overseer Dathan.  - The Ten Commandments (1956 film)
  • More than that, she worries that her ambitious and increasingly pretentious elder daughter, Veda, will think her new job demeaning.  - Mildred Pierce
  • Amelia decides to marry Mark Crawley, the father of her child, an ambitious young critic intent on shaking off his humble background.  - A Vicious Circle
  • The students she has to teach are a small, friendly and ambitious group who meet on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.  - Thinks ...
  • Samuel ('Sam') Dodsworth is an ambitious and innovative automobile designer, who builds his fortunes in Zenith, Winnemac.  - Dodsworth (novel)
  • After this divorce, Henry marries the beautiful and ambitious Lady Katherine Howard (Binnie Barnes).  - The Private Life of Henry VIII

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