To those who go about claiming that political action, as extolled by the party, reduces itself to the production of public officials, you will oppose a flat denial.
Claiming to be Marxists and basing their program upon the economic interpretation of history, the socialists waste their energies in trying to modify the results instead of obliterating the causes.
M] Bakounin, when endeavoring to save Nechayeff from being arrested by the Swiss authorities and sent back to Russia, defends him on precisely these grounds, claiming that Nechayeff had taken the fable of William Tell seriously.
He has recoiled before nothing, claiming the responsibility for his acts.
There is no knowing a Freeholder by sight: and if claiming that character, or even showing deeds is sufficient, few Sailors will be without it.
Pressed men claiming to be of alien birth were thenceforth only liberated "if unfit for service.
Bear in mind that we aren't claiming that every one who has tried a Cluthe Truss has been completely cured by it.
The phenomena all belonged to the scientific side of her teaching, and she never committed the folly of claimingauthority for her philosophic doctrines on the ground that she was a wonder-worker.
He is crowned with the glory of the jail, that was his for no crime but for claiming the right to publish that wherein the noblest thought is uttered in the bravest words.
The former repeatedly asserted his chieftainship over both tribes byclaiming that the countries of both were his, a claim that Alexander offered to recognize if Victor would move to the Horse Plains (mission) reservation.
General Pope in his report, after claiming that he repulsed the enemy at all points, states that he gave the order to withdraw to Centreville after eight o'clock at night.
Then followed the schemes and intrigues regarding the marriage of the Scottish queen; Elizabeth claiming that she had no right to marry any one whom she (Elizabeth) did not approve.
The following is one of the inscriptions in which she gives her own genealogy, claimingcelestial origin.
Romney was shaking the tree and for every apple that fell claiming a kiss, while she from her vantage ground of the ladder pelted him with the red apples instead.
In the silence of his brain he fought--fought against disillusion, claiming exemption for at least one woman from these sweeping denunciations--the woman in the portrait.
Lady Beddow was a proud, unbending woman, gracious to her own sort, unquestioningly respectful to those above her, tender in a practical way to those below her and coldly scrutinizing to any one who tapped at her doorclaiming to be an equal.
Another false prophet, no doubt, claiming to be Israel's deliverer, and proving a thousand times her foe.
I remembered, too, how nearly out of patience I often felt with you for claiming your god to be the only God; and, so as I drew near, I felt a desire to know him better.
In his first number he stated, that, claiming the right of absolute freedom of discussion, he should exercise it with no other limitations than those of his own judgment.
Those apprehensions which the likeness of Eustace to his injured father, and the similitude of their names excited, were now confirmed beyond all doubt, by his claiming kindred with Dr.
These times of woe have often witnessed female heroism claiming its affinity to the proscribed victims of injustice, and glorying in partaking their dangers.
Beaumont, that the time for claiminghis sister was arrived.
But our divisions prevent us from claiming those advantages which would result from wisdom, moderation, and unanimity.
Some five hundred brigands headed by cut-throats claiming to be patriots were terrorizing whole districts.
In the last chapter, we saw Aguinaldo's republic formally established at Malolos, September 15th, claimingjurisdiction over all Luzon.
Yet in the Report of the Philippine Commission for 1906 one finds the usual rotund rhetoric treating the disturbances as of no "political" significance--which was only another way of claiming that they were not serious.
Sanday, Bampton Lectures on Inspiration: "In claiming for the Bible inspiration, we do not exclude the possibility of other lower or more partial degrees of inspiration in other literatures.
Watts adduces instances of Spinoza's giving up the form while claiming to hold the substance, and in this way reducing revelation to a phenomenon of naturalistic pantheism.
If we find Jesus in any of the gospels claiming to be a supernatural being, such texts can with the utmost confidence be set aside as spurious, for such a thought could not belong to the initial stage of Christianity.
Jewish embassy to Rome, to persuade the Emperor to abstain from claiming divine honor from the Jews.
In recent years however the country problem has been claiming its share of attention.
He must find an all-absorbing life-mission claiming all his powers and demanding his consecration as thoroughly and enthusiastically as the call to the foreign mission field.
General College Neglect of the Rural Call The writer firmly believes that the city has been claiming too large a proportion of college graduates in recent years and that the needs of country life are not receiving due consideration.
As a class they are claiming their rights with a new insistence and a new dignity which is commanding a respectful hearing.
Helen obeyed with reluctance, claiming the privilege of resuming her watch again at night.
You presented yourself as a female, claiming that you had a right to vote?
Did the other Federal Supervisor who was present, state it as his opinion that she was entitled to vote under that amendment, or did he protest, claiming that she did not have the right to vote?
The defendant had rejected the vote offered by the plaintiff, he claiming the right as a burgage tenant.
When we find this "new revelation" heralded by a prodigious outbreak of fraud, and claiming as its most solid foundations to-day a mass of demonstrable trickery and deceit, our sense of humour is pardonably irritated.
Under the second head fall three types of cases: First, controversies between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states.
The available funds have run low, and unless a remittance arrives from somewhere a very long way off, the legal process of claiming the fortune will be delayed.
I remember having heard something about him, and I am a little uneasy at this publicclaiming of acquaintanceship.
These States, claiming to be the only sovereigns within their territories, extended their laws over the Indians, which induced the latter to call upon the United States for protection.
Similar inconveniences exist in other cases, in which the construction put upon the laws by the public accountants may operate unequally, produce confusion, and expose officers to the odium of claiming what is not their due.
His little contention is like some bit of Bumbledom setting up for Home Rule--some parochial vestry claiming independence of a universal empire.
In the same breath I am described as claiming it as new and asserting it as old!
The Duke of Argyll compares the claim made for this factor to "some bit of Bumbledom setting up for Home Rule--some parochial vestry claiming independence of a universal empire.
Herbert had no idea of claiming relationship, though, as we know, he was fully aware of its existence.
I feel ashamed of myself, but Oscar attacked me forclaiming to be a gentleman, and I am afraid that my blood was up, and so we got into a fight.
A person claiming to be free must prove his right to his liberty.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "claiming" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: acquisition; challenge; possession; reception; theft
