For them, the tragedy about the usurping general and his ruthlessly ambitious wife must be called "the Scottish play."

Disillusioned with the ruthlessly ambitious woman he had married, Richard had long ago turned his back on her.

You might expect a conductor in such a position to be ruthlessly ambitious, smoothly confident and dismissive of criticism.

He was also said to be ruthlessly ambitious.

She was bright, beautiful, and ruthlessly ambitious.

King Fedron of the East was young, tough, a formidable soldier, and ruthlessly ambitious.

A ruthlessly ambitious woman becomes involved with the son of a wealthy man, but begins to have regrets about abandoning her previous lover.

Since 1940, Barton has become ruthlessly ambitious.

She is not only an early 17th-century Lolita with a big streak of voyeurism, but also a ruthlessly ambitious painting prodigy.

He was ruthlessly ambitious and quickly climbed the career ladder - while making many enemies along the way.