Claiming

Examples

• I shall not commit myself by claiming more than she may chuse to allow. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I say nothing of his plea for claiming my confidence. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The proprietor visited Washington while I was President to get his pay for this property, claiming that it was private. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On his claiming my promise, I told him I did not dance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The customs officers immediately began to levy the duty on the products of Arkwright’s mills, claiming that the goods were in reality calicoes, although they were made in England. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But the workers in cheap clothing shops organized to prevent the introduction of the machines, claiming that they would destroy their livelihood. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• On the whole a most pleasant face to look atespecially for, those claiming a right to that youth's affections--parents, for instance, or sisters. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Garth may wonder, as he must have done before, at this disreputable fellow's claiming intimacy with me; but he will know nothing. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The Powers of Europe began by a frantic claiming of the new realms. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Surely, Walter, she said, you hardly know enough yet to give you any hope of claiming Mrs. Catherick's confidence? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The original safety-lamp, with which practically everyone is familiar, is the parent of scores of others, each claiming to offer some special advantage. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It had no dukes, princes, counts, nor any sort of title-bearers claiming to ascendancy or respect as a right. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It suggested no other surprise than that Elinor and Marianne should sit so composedly by, without claiming a share in what was passing. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• To her succeeded another lady, claiming to be a pauper, whose wealth was found wrapped up in little scraps of paper and old rag. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Bradley looked at him, as though he were claiming to be a Ghost. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The Bleeding Hearts resented her claiming to know people of such distinction. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The clergy, on the other hand, were now claiming exemption from lay taxation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I left it, secretly hoping that matters might end in her taking him at his word and claiming her release. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I tell you that I had the first right to her, and that I was only claiming my own. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He that would live by traffic, must hold himself at the disposal of every one claiming business with him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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