ambitious

be ambitious of success

be ambitious to serve the people

They are ambitious although they are poor.

She is ambitious to succeed.

He is an ambitious man.

I'm as ambitious as the next man.

a sleek and ambitious junior Minister.

The actress is ambitious of applause.

He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.

The church and friary found an ambitious patron in Ludovico Sforza.

an ambitious and unctuous assistant;

Only ambitious students get the best marks.

He described the plan as ambitious and audacious.

A deep-rooted tree is leafy;an ambitious man is vigorous.

he had an ambitious, albeit unformed, idea for a novel.

For an ambitious young woman in this business, the sky’s the limit.

an ambitious politician, guided by expediency rather than principle.