Crossword clues for claiming
claiming
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Claim \Claim\ (kl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Claimed (kl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Claiming.] [OE. clamen, claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to calare to proclaim, Gr. kalei^n to call, Skr. kal to sound, G. holen to fetch, E. hale haul.]
To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.
To proclaim. [Obs.]
--Spenser.To call or name. [Obs.]
--Spenser.To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of claim English)
Usage examples of "claiming".
It would seem a bit suspicious, would it not, if you showed up at the archmage's doorstep claiming the vacated seat of Morkai the Red and holding the very garment that the murdered wizard was wearing when he was slain?
He had indeed made a good choice in selecting Drizzt, but he knew already, after only a single quick encounter, that if he and this skilled swordsman were the last two standing-a distinct possibility-he would have no chance at all of claiming victory.
So many others came to convert to a religion during this troubled time, likewise claiming they had seen the light and the truth, however convoluted it might be.
No race is more adept than humans at weaving a mask of excuses, at ultimately claiming good intent.
He had been a bit careless, he realized, particularly in going to the stupid boy who was now claiming rulership of his old shanty town and by showing his dagger to the beggar at Pook's old house.
Yet here was one of Duedermont's trusted crewmen claiming that the barbarian was very much alive and well and working in the Cutlass, a tavern Deudermont had frequented.
She even went to the extent of claiming that she was practically unconscious throughout the ordeal and wasn't even sure it had happened until she came to realize that she was with child.
The assassin glanced over at Jarlaxle, who had refused Cadderly's aid, claiming he had his own methods.
The Lord of Auckney had thought Wulfgar the father, for Meralda had concocted a lie to protect the man's honor, claiming that she had been raped on the road.
For that matter, was Quenthel capable of freeing Danifae and claiming Halisstra herself as a battle captive?
I noticed that Peottre was true to his word, claiming the Narcheska away from Dutiful for the second dance.
As if to herself, she added, ‘You’ve quite enough messes of your own to clean up, without claiming responsibility for everyone else’s.
If be stepped forward alone, claiming to represent all the Witted, that reputation would live on.
And I know there were Piebald scrolls put about town, claiming all sorts of wild things.
So you map the land and draw lines across it, claiming ownership simply because you can draw a picture of it.