Dictionary Entry
To demand ownership of.
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Common Phrases
under claimingclaiming person
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Poetry examples for “claiming”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Berar Istanp War. The Pillager Indians, a tribe
of the Chippewas of Minnesota, claiming that an attempt
was made to remove tnem from their farms, had for
Read full poem →An ancient man goes plodding round the fields
Which solitude seems claiming as her own,
Wrapt in greatcoat that from a tempest shields,
Abt Vogler: After he has been extemporizing upon the musical instrument of his inventionbyRobert Browning
Read full poem →Bidding my organ obey, calling its keys to their work,
Claiming each slave of the sound, at a touch, as when Solomon willed
Armies of angels that soar, legions of demons that lurk,