Lainie Kazan, who usually works very hard, too, seems comparatively subdued as the governor's socially ambitious wife.

O'Hara was a keen observer of social status and class differences, and wrote frequently about the socially ambitious.

Christabel proves to be a scheming, socially ambitious woman.

Some socially ambitious refugees from Grand Central trail in for their second entree of the night.

Educated at home, she developed into a socially ambitious and remarkably beautiful young woman.

"I did not have the impression that Nikki was socially ambitious."

Bill Bauer became an alcoholic during the 1950s while dealing with the stress of providing financially for his socially ambitious wife.

Developments in social media over the past few years have made the era a high-water mark for the well-adjusted and socially ambitious.

Sometimes it's just all too confusing, remembering whether to pronounce "vase" with a short or long "a." What's a socially ambitious girl to do?

But the couple were culturally and socially ambitious and soon began looking for a larger theater than suburbia.