How to Use claim in a Sentence

claim

1 of 2 verb

• Both of them claimed credit for the idea.
• You should claim compensation for the hours you worked.
• No heirs came forward to claim the inheritance.
• New Yorkers proudly claim the artist as one of their own.
• No one ever claimed authorship for the poem.
• He claims a connection to British royalty.
• The terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.
• The source claims there wasn't any PDA between the pair.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 26 Oct. 2017
• Flat out, the builder claims a top speed of 56-plus mph.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
• On the call, Sanders agreed and Brazile claimed to have cried in anger.
  — Essence.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• That year, Chevy claimed a 700-pound weight loss for the base Caprice.
  — Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 5 May 2023
• That means any team can claim him on waivers – and the Cubs did just that.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022
• But in 1989, the trucks claimed their first state, Alaska.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• The group claimed that some have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2023
• The researchers don’t claim that magnetism is the arbiter of the fate of all worlds.
  — Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2021
• The deadline to claim a cut of the settlement was last week.
  — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022
• At least that many would later claim to have been there at the end.
  — Mark Schmetzer, The Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2020
• Russian media claims that 70 of the raiders were killed.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2023
• Sources claim that the mold of the new iPhone is ready for mass production as well.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 21 Dec. 2021
• There is no need for a promo code to claim this Week 4 bonus.
  — cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
• Others claimed crews stood idly by as flames climbed the trees and raged through their canopies.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• On the other end of the phone was someone claiming to be Maj.
  — Brett Murphy, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2019
• But those worth hearing are the ones who don’t have the power to claim a seat at all.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2022
• The note might claim there's a problem getting a package to you.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2022
• Daniels claims the agreement is null and void, as Trump didn’t sign it.
  — Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2018
• Trump would go on to pull off upsets in those five states and claim the White House.
  — Fortune, 2 Nov. 2020
• Some commenters claim that the recipe calls for a tad too much sugar.
  — Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 16 Sep. 2021
• At the same time, the restaurant claims to produce little waste.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• The Verge claimed their device ran out of juice in five hours while sitting in their backpack and was not being used.
  — Kyle Barr, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
• The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday's drawing has climbed to $125 million after no one claimed Tuesday's jackpot.
  — Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024

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claim

2 of 2 noun

• All claims must be made in writing.
• You'll need to file an insurance claim to pay for the damage.
• She makes the claim that sea levels will actually go down.
• He made false claims about his past job experience.
• And that wasn’t the first time such claims have surfaced.
  — Marc Bain, Quartzy, 7 Nov. 2019
• This was not a dissent on the merits of the Texas claim.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2020
• No word if the suspect has filed a lost and found claim.
  — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2019
• So the judge was correct, the church states, to reject that claim.
  — Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
• The White House has strongly denied the claim as false.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
• What about Cameron’s claim that the Challenger Deep is flat?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• And, of course, their claims have been verified by the court.
  — NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Beede makes the claim that there’s no clear favorite, yet.
  — Charles King, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2022
• Osman was shot at least three times in the neck, the notice of claim says.
  — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
• Swift declined to comment on Braun's claims at the time.
  — Chloe Melas, CNN, 24 Apr. 2020
• Aegon sees Rhaenyra's crown and throne claim here, but now the stakes have gone up to this point.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2022
• Let woman’s claim be as broad in the concrete as in the abstract.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 15 Mar. 2018
• And from our testing, that claim seems to be more than just, well, hot air.
  — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 20 Jan. 2021
• But the students have denied and made fun of all of those claims, which are false.
  — Katie Reilly, Time, 26 Mar. 2018
• That’s a low bar, of course, and whether the same claim will still be true a in few years is anybody’s guess.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2021
• This trainer has won 40% of his races second off the claim.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2020
• In it, Stahl asked Greene about her claim that Democrats are pedophiles.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
• What then of Trump's claim that trade could increase four- or five-fold?
  — Luke McGee, CNN, 6 Nov. 2019
• The case is far from closed, because there is no way to confirm that claim.
  — Tom Simonite, Wired, 23 Aug. 2021
• But a dearth of details has raised questions as to whether this was an idle claim.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 May 2022
• The claim is a hoax, as are similar claims in other states.
  — Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
• Gen X has too low an opinion of itself to make so grand a claim.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 7 Jan. 2020
• Who gets hurt and this is people that have legal claims.
  — CBS News, 14 May 2023
• Or, the parties can settle with each other at a fraction of the claim.
  — Julie Jason, Jd, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• Many were repeat offenses, such as the more than 800 claims about election fraud, which were roundly rejected in the courts.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• Suspicions mounted and the community was divided in their support of Shoaf and Eddy's claims.
  — Kieran McGirl, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024