aspire
verb (used without object)
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive).
Example Sentences
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Behind us not far was the view of Toledo, a low hump and a comparatively unaspiring tessellation of rooftops, seen from where El Greco did not see it that way.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
Here the heir to Peter’s melancholy abeyance is Hassan, an unaspiring analyst from Karachi.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2018
As a reporter Lippmann is by self-concession unqualified and unaspiring, consistently ignores opportunities for scoops.
From Time Magazine Archive
A more contented, fruitful and unaspiring conifer could not be conceived.
From The Yosemite by John Muir
But beyond this crowd of unaspiring humanity, passionate of gain rather than of any unsubstantial thing, rises the splendid front of the cathedral, set upon a height, as the temple of the Lord should be.
From Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
