claim
verb (used with object)
to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due.
am claiming
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present progressiveof claim (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Still, I finally beat my guests this week, so I am claiming a win for that.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
"I finally realized that it is a wonderful song," she says, "and I am claiming it."
From Time Magazine Archive
But now I am claiming something very different.
From The Three Eyes by Maurice Leblanc
Hermione, because I have followed you, because I have come here, don't you think that I am claiming any right.
From A Spirit in Prison by Robert Smythe Hichens
You should see the place I am claiming for Art in the University.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
