Definition: 1. Assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing. 2. Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to. 3. An assertion that something is true or factual. 4. Demand for something as rightful or due.
Use 'claim' in a sentence:
1. It was claimed that some doctors were working 80 hours a week.
2. Critics claim the trucks are unsafe.
3. She is still pressing her claim for compensation.
4. There's not a scrap of evidence to support his claim.
5. Can you claim for the loss on your insurance ?
6. They lodged a compensation claim against the factory.
7. All four claim that officers fabricated evidence against them.
8. You could have claimed the cost of the hotel room from your insurance.
9. The situation remains confused as both sides claim success.
10. She claimed her problems were down to the media.
11. The insurance company is refusing to settle her claim.
12. Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.
13. Scientists are claiming a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer.
14. I intend to challenge the legitimacy of his claim.
15. The judge allowed my claim.
16. Leading scientists claim breast-fed babies are intellectually brighter.
17. Bystanders claim they were manhandled by security guards.
18. Eighteen percent of 30-year-olds claim they are workaholics.
19. With five previous claims, he's now a bad insurance risk.
20. Can you claim for the loss on your insurance?
21. This claim seems to us to be rather dubious.
22. They diddled their insurance company by making a false claim.
23. The company has put in a claim for damages.
24. Furthermore, they claim that any such interference is completely ineffective.
25. They had no claim on the land.
26. They have a valid claim to compensation.
27. They have a prior claim to the property.
28. He still hopes to win his claim against unfair dismissal.
29. Critics claim he exploited black musicians for personal gain.
30. Is the claim capable of proof?
31. They claimed they were political refugees and not economic migrants.
32. A lot of lost property is never claimed.
33. He claims he was not given a fair hearing.
34. You must submit your claim within a reasonable time.
35. Both countries feel they have territorial claims to the islands.
36. These figures formed the basis of their pay claim.
37. I make no claim to understand modern art.
38. You can make a claim on your insurance policy.
39. You can claim back the tax on your purchases.
40. She has finally claimed a place on the team.
41. The government is claiming the high ground in the education debate.
42. They claim to be the party of law and order.
43. They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward.
44. This product claims to firm your body in six weeks.
45. She has more claim to the book's success than anybody.
46. One reason doctors take temperatures is to cover themselves against negligence claims.
47. I'll leave you to verify whether these claims are true.
48. This court case could open a Pandora's box of similar claims.
49. They claim that some computer games encourage violent behaviour in young children.
50. They claim to have a 40% worldwide market share.
51. The figures clearly show that her claims are false.
52. I find it interesting that she claims not to know him.
