Ambitions

Examples

• No; I do not desire to return to the world, with all its tumult, ambitions, and fret. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She had her girlish ambitions and hopes, and felt some disappointment at the humble way in which the new life must begin. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We begin to read less and less of the schemes and ambitions of King This or That, and more of the Designs of France or the Ambitions of Prussia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Men's ambitions are apt to reflect the standards of their intimates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She had been plunged into new scenes, and had found in them a renewal of old hopes and ambitions. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But if you think they are what I should really enjoy, you must think my ambitions are good enough for me. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I have never recovered my self-respect since you showed me how poor and unimportant my ambitions were. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• His hopes and his ambitions were all crumbling about him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• In 1810 fresh friction was created by Alexander's objection to Napoleon's matrimonial ambitions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Kantos Kan was confident now that the man's ambitions were fully aroused and that nothing short of the title of Jeddak of Helium would satisfy him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• You despise my ambitions--you think them unworthy of me! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Her ambitions were not as crude as Mrs. Bart's. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Her ambitions had shrunk gradually in the desiccating air of failure. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Truly I have been very pure in my ambitions. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

Typed by Geraldine