How to Use aspiration in a Sentence

aspiration

noun
  • The notion and the aspiration have been around for decades.
    Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2020
  • With your first studio lead in the books, what’s next on your list of aspirations?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2019
  • The companies in the room were well aware of these aspirations.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 5 Oct. 2017
  • That is not to say Tebow doesn’t have big-league aspirations.
    Justin Tasch, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 July 2018
  • But their hopes and struggles and challenges and aspirations will still be the same.
    Melinda Gates, Marie Claire, 11 Oct. 2015
  • And the life force of limitless aspiration can be catching for the young.
    Star Tribune, 13 July 2021
  • The real key is the earnest aspiration to keep getting better all the time.
    Scott Meslow, GQ, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The aspiration of adding to those lists remains strong.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Clair’s aspirations for his son didn’t include the major leagues at the time.
    Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 17 June 2018
  • For Tee Tran, the golden rule is not just an aspiration.
    New York Times, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The aspiration was made public as long ago as last year.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 July 2023
  • No one had managed to peer inside the snakes to figure out the how and why of their aspiration antics.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Yet even this vision is not big enough to capture the aspiration of Plaid.
    Scott Harkey, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • And putting themselves below the needs, the dreams, the aspirations of the American people.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Our aspiration is to be the world’s computer, in Azure.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Back then, Baer’s aspirations were a little more down-to-earth.
    Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Sachdev has always been an activist in her heart, but recent events around the world have brought the aspiration to the forefront.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2018
  • White’s essays and the letters between White and Lawrence were just right for that aspiration.
    Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • What are your career aspirations, and is this company the right fit for you now?
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
  • Jesse Dominguez had the same aspirations many in Los Angeles do: to be an actor.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Some liken the effort to landing on the moon, a rather awe-inspiring aspiration.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
    Annie O'Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But her aspirations weren't to take the stage: wee Winehouse wanted to be a roller-skating waitress.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The young artist has aspirations to design clothes himself one day, too.
    Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Miss Eden Valenzuela has aspirations to one day own the team herself.
    Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
  • All the torquiness of normal aspiration, but the power and smoothness of a turbo.
    Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 24 June 2023
  • Every game requires a little bit of breath-holding these days, but the aspiration is close to fruition.
    Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Tell me, what is your goal and highest aspiration for your 710 artist collabs?
    Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Our ambition and aspiration is to appeal to all of them.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 23 May 2022
  • What higher aspiration for him than to be permanently on his own doorstep, singing the song of home?
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'aspiration.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: