It has been claimed that Tassoni expresses a sense of liberation from the schoolroom of antiquity, but his claim is merely that the moderns must find a place in the schoolroom alongside the ancients. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The very next day, another defector appeared before HUAC, whose shocking testimony added heft to the Red Spy Queen's claims. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Newton’s modern biographer, Richard Westfall, concludes that we should regard Newton’s claim to have been surprised by the oblong image cast by the prism ‘as a rhetorical device which is not to be understood literally’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The next day her parents went to the police station to claim the body for burial and were told to pay for it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She claimed to envy my thin, long legs, but she was only being nice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After all, how accepting would I be if I met a man who claimed to be from eighteen nineteen—or two thousand nineteen, for that matter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then you can compare the claims they make about Truth and Reality that we all share but also mostly ignore in different parts. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The essential agreement reached at Philadelphia in 1787, Baldwin claimed, was the decision to remove slavery in the southern states from any influence by the northern states. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Behind him came the two Mama Kilis, determined to oversee his claim and raise it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother would end up staying with us in Washington for the next eight years, but at the time she claimed the move was temporary, that she’d stay only until the girls got settled. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The endlessly repeated claim that Webster’s Third treated ain’t as correct English is a myth.3 It originated in a press release from the publisher’s marketing department which announced “Ain’t gets official recognition at last.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was natural therefore to claim that, since a clock models the heavens, the heavens are like a clock. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Once she insisted that the devil had taken the form of a hoop snake with its tail in its mouth, and had rolled after her down the mountain, hissing that it would claim her soul. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence was predictably incensed by the implication that his patent claims might have infringed Caltech’s claim to primacy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Later, Pal Benko, whom Bobby had played in the Candidates tournament, would claim to be the one who talked Bobby into changing the kind of clothes he wore. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She claimed to have never tried matching up friends before, and was doubtful she ever would again. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

"I hope you don't mind that I claimed this side." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doing things and then you are weakened. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She still has one hand on her face, claiming that she’s bleeding, but when she removes her hand there isn’t any kind of mark. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

More alarming still, Rush had recently announced that he had an absolute cure for the disease, something no other doctor had claimed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

This claim was usually met with polite smiles when I was in the room, but I can only imagine the hysterical laughter and conversations about my cross-dressing when I wasn’t around. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Tenzing became a national hero throughout India, Nepal, and Tibet, each of which claimed him as one of their own. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I located several mineral claims & hope to get something out of them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the guy kept claiming he lived in Idaho. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If she would ask help from-the man, she would need to grant him the style he had claimed for himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Funky and low-down, the kind inspired by reading too much Carlos Castaneda and Rilke and Robert Bly and dropping acid with a guy who claimed to be my cosmic mate from a past life. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Twice, he fired his weapon into the street claiming he’d seen someone trying to climb the wall. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then I excuse myself to the library, which inspires no shortage of taunts from Tom, who claims that “libraries are for girls.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to! You take four hundred dollars to Ebgard and pay off the claim. It’s yours, right and proper. Then you come back and I forgive the loan.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

These have their roots in the mid-eighteenth century, when the French government, which had claimed Haiti as its own, made Port-au-Prince, the capital, a major hub of slave trading. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Suicide, prisoner-on-prisoner violence, inadequate medical care, staff abuse, and guard violence claimed the lives of hundreds of prisoners every year. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The difference was an advantage, however, since Maurice could lay no claim to RNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“So you were not aware of any claim, then, that the Miyamotos might have had to any seven of your newly purchased thirty acres?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. Robert Reyburn claimed that he and the president's other doctors followed Lister's antiseptic advice when changing dressings. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nelson was left behind that fateful day by accident, he claims. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given the claims emanating from Berkeley about the superiority of the cyclotron for all varieties of nuclear research, the oversight demanded a deeper explanation than simply a miswired switch. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Mary was suspicious of my mother because Lorraine claimed she had held a job for more than a month, but Mary learned that it had lasted for one day. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The seller claimed to be offering classified proprietary information on IOI’s intranet architecture, along with a series of administrative access codes and system exploits that could “give a user carte blanche inside the company network.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But most readers didn't know that he never claimed to have seen life on the Moon. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

She claims I am her youngest now but she still is clutching her baby. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A people pushed to the extremities that existed in the South could not possibly hold on, the papers claimed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Pauling’s success, no one could claim that faith in helices implied anything but an uncomplicated brain. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Yakov had always changed into his boilersuit at work, claiming that he didn’t want to soil his street clothes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They’ll claim they had behavior problems or collided to make it up.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

My parents had at first refused to believe the emergency room doctor’s wild claim about my anatomy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Although the original excavators remain convinced, a team of archaeologists who were not involved in the excavation but receptive to pre-Clovis claims recently visited the site and came away unconvinced. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis claimed I didn’t need an education. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

To his left is a life-size print of Michelangelo’s David, so vivid in the fragile afternoon light that I keep expecting his chest to heave as he claims his first breath. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A similar death rate in the United States would claim about twelve million lives. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When you hear questions like that, it makes you feel like you don't belong, like you have no right to claim American citizenship. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And this was the second time someone had claimed the book—Emily thought of the guest user who had messaged her through Book Scavenger the other day. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The sole claim to fame of Livermore, California, was as the former home of a onetime heavyweight champ who had moved there in the 1920s. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had money for us that he claimed was owed to my father, though this is doubtful. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Roan’s murder, Hale had visited Roan’s widow several times to try to get her to sign various papers regarding claims against Roan’s estate. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His father was an engineer with claims to numerous patents, and he refused to let Dave be interviewed without lawyers present. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He had previously tried to claim credit for another mathematician's proof. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was a more polished version of her daughter, but lacked Audrey’s intensity, which she claimed to have inherited from her father. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Not knowing for certain, but refusing to give way to those who claim certainty, was a privilege I had never allowed myself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The great Galileo dedicated much of his life to proving the movement of the Earth by claiming it was the only possible cause of the tides. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Newton waited nearly thirty years before publishing a full account of his discovery of calculus; no one could have seemed less interested in claiming priority. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the Middle Ages the heavens had been compared to clockwork; now the same principle of regularity was, it was claimed, to be discovered in the sublunary world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now he was alive to the risk that a private corporation might steal away with the rights to his invention if he did not promptly establish his prior claim. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In the next year or two, however, I will be losing my claim to this familiar protestation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Vesalius claimed to identify scores of errors in Galen and thus undermined his authority, just as Columbus’s discoveries had undermined the authority of Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The court didn't conclude that he was innocent and must be released, but it ruled in our favor on every other claim and ordered a new trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And to be honest, those lunch hours had started to feel less like hiding out and more like waiting—for Faith to show up and claim a seat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

By this standard there are no compelling cases of extraterrestrial visitation, despite all the claims about UFOs and ancient astronauts which sometimes make it seem that our planet is awash in uninvited guests. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Brussels, I fell in love with a bartender who claimed not to care about the uncommon way I was made. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Every inmate still out claimed he was a porter—an inmate employee who swept, mopped, or cleaned up the common areas at a designated time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had hollow eyes and sunken cheeks, as if death had already halfway claimed them. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

After these facts were established, a joint commission cut Canada’s claim by over eighty-five percent. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They imply philosophical claims which are difficult, perhaps impossible, to defend, yet in practice they work well. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Still, I didn’t expect Him to come right out and claim it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Alexandrians, who resented Rome’s increasing claims of authority over them, began to speak out. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Yet even if all of those hurdles can somehow be overcome, there is still the matter of proving a claim of race discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The two claims are very different, but Aristotle never distinguishes between them, nor tests his claim that heavy objects fall faster than light ones, for he takes it to be self-evidently true. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If you want to see stars—which is what Rachel claims it’s all about—then why not just go climb up a tree in the dark? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Central to Gilbert’s enterprise was the claim that you could reproduce his experiments and confirm his results: his book was, in effect, a collection of experimental recipes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I would, in his position, if a stranger contacted me, claiming to have information, and then disappeared. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they take out loans to pay for the bus, claiming they’ll earn the money back in no time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most striking multiples are those when several people claim to make a discovery at almost exactly the same time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It says baggage claim over there,” I say, eyeing the translation underneath. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

In racing, a victory by a horse older than seven, even in claiming races, is an extremely rare event; Knighthood was ten. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They claim all colors, all activities, all virtues, and all flaws as their own. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A: At this time, there are no claims of responsibility. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Your uncle tell you that you need to cultivate one-eighth of this claim? That’s forty acres.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It also claimed that suffrage would be harmful to children, because it would increase the likelihood of “discord” in marriages, increasing the “already alarming” rate of divorce in the country. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“And on what evidence, Pip,” asked Mr. Jaggers, very coolly, as he paused with his handkerchief half way to his nose, “does Provis make this claim?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Creditors now claimed the land, and Campbell didn’t know what to do. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

To add insult to injury, the claiming trainer was white. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We rode back to where Lord Lamprey claims they parted ways, but the girls could not find a trail.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There’s probably no other geographic area as large that can make that claim. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe because giving voice to something, really claiming it, was the only way to free himself from it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Government propagandists repeatedly claimed that the leaders of the campaign were living it up in comfort while the masses were languishing in jail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed afterwards he’d signalled to me to come over, but if he had, it hadn’t been at all obvious. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Law enforcement officials rarely admit to having acted for racial reasons, leaving most victims of discriminatory law enforcement without anyone to sue and without a claim that can be proven in a court of law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He might have been taken for one of the shadows, or for some spectral figure—Death, or the devil—come to claim one of us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My words are wasted on this young ox! You will learn the truth when you go to camp. Perhaps your father will claim you. But for now, I must explain the firewood.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It would be too easy to claim it was just Ruth who kept the secret guard going long after we’d naturally outgrown it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment all my parts were claimed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Hayes Society claimed to admit butlers of 'only the very first rank'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her name is Karen Monroe, and she’s a middle-aged white lady who claims she understands what I’m going through. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“There have been weapons brought on campus,” Karen claims. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We claimed, among other things, that the indictment was vague and lacked particularity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next night someone will have claimed the plot, she thought, turned the dirt over. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“The pamphlet says Montanas the land of milk and honey,” I wrote, “but you’d never guess from this endless stretch of snow. I’m sure it’s different around Uncle Chester’s claim.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was Papi’s turn to drive Lolo to an appointment, she claims, which is one of their favorite sibling arguments. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Moss said, claiming one of the few empty spots left in the waiting area. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their wives and daughters had been claimed for salt wives, those who were young enough and fair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I am now going to claim the protection of some friends, whom I sincerely love, and of whose favour I have some hopes.’ Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

How did I stake my claim on the natural world? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Jefferson then apologized in return, claiming that he received over twelve hundred letters a year, all of which required responses, so it was difficult for him to match the Adams pace. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Halley later claimed that he had only been tactful to Hevelius’s face, not wanting to hasten, the death of ‘an old peevish Gentleman’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I certainly don’t have the sole claim against Snow’s life. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He thinks only of returning to King's Landing in the fullness of his power, to tear down his enemies and claim what is rightfully his. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They claimed that her hands looked nervous or clumsy, not good for work with Level 4 hot agents. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The absurdity of this logic is evidenced by the fact that police almost never claim to stop anyone solely because of race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

On top of that, Colonel HaWkins claimed me for his errand girl, sending me out with messages for this captain or that sergeant or in search of snuff or hair powder or almonds. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was her burden, because she’d claimed him and then failed him. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Conditional Probability, Blackjack, and Drug Testing One needn’t be a believer in any of the standard pseudosciences to make faulty claims and invalid inferences. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were searching cars for anything they claimed was forbidden by Islam. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“And perhaps that will be true. Perhaps I will succumb to the perils of the forest, and it will be the Witch who comes to claim my child.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Experimenters have to insist on the particularity of experience, but they also have to claim that general conclusions can be drawn from specific examples. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was competing with Galen, but there was not yet a community of anatomists in competition with each other, and Vesalius was not in the business of claiming priority for his discoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now, there are many people who claim that they do fully punctuate text messages. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He claims that even when he’s dead, he’ll be on time. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some people refused to believe Stephanie and Erin were into each other and claimed that someone who wanted to embarrass Erin must have posted the picture. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Jesse claimed that if his computer were ever stolen or unplugged, he would read obsessively; Eric didn’t know what he would do, and hoped never to find out. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, he said, if, as Galileo claimed, there were mountains on the moon, Bruno had been partly right—maybe the moon was inhabited, and life was not confined to the Earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A couple months ago, Lisa Edwards, over by Cow Creek, got her claim contested by a neighbor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He claims that if the two spheres had the same centre, water would inevitably cover the whole surface of the earth—except perhaps for a few mountain tops. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

One of the town of Lost Cove’s claims to fame is how often it disappears. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was always stuff like that, and never explicitly claimed, just implied by her smile and “let’s say no more” expression. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they claimed that the fire was an accident that wasn’t supposed to happen. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I wrote: ‘I cannot claim to represent socially disadvantaged Mexican-Americans. The very fact that I am in a position to apply for this job should make that clear.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily ran past Matthew’s claimed room to see the leftover bedroom. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

This time, he claimed to have noticed the eerie similarity between Jackson’s speech on behalf of slavery and one delivered a century earlier by an Algerian pirate named Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They claimed that blond hair and blue eyes distinguished the “purest” Aryans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Germans, a gardener claims, have sixty thousand troop gliders; they can march for days without eating; they impregnate every schoolgirl they meet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My uncle claims I’ve grown up in the months since he has been gone. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

How dare he claim to be the victim? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was no matter that he later claimed that he had meant simply that they reminded him of sheep, or that there was something fluffy and sheeplike about them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed he could break into a car, disconnect the alarm, and hot-wire the engine, all in less than a minute. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Galileo had never mentioned atomism in print, although some who knew him claimed that, in private, he made clear his commitment to it; Gilbert had discussed atomism only to reject it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He claimed that one day he’d become a knight and turn her back. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The days were still hot but the evenings had begun to cool, the frigid hours after sunset claiming more of each day. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They claimed that possession of the entire world west of that line would be open to Spanish conquest. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She’s in charge of the hospital laundry and claims I’m a hopeless case where white is concerned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico had once read a story from Plato, who claimed that in the ancient times all humans had been a combination of male and female. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They’re lighter brown than mine, with specks of hazel and green, what she claims is the assertion of her distant Pashtun blood. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The vast majority were relegated to claiming races, rock-bottom events in which any competitor can be purchased for a set, low price before the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff claimed that George had confessed to the murders, though no written or signed statement was presented. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I must say, though, that’s a rather clever ploy to get out of death, claiming to be my child.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After we checked our baskets and bedrolls, Sass handed me my claim check and hurried me into the street, where she hailed a bicycle rickshaw. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Descartes’ remarkable and novel claim, first stated in the Discourse on Method, was that animals are automata, that is, complex, self-moving machines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The blast proved the feasibility of a controlled thermonuclear device so decisively that Teller claimed paternity immediately, wiring back to Los Alamos, “It’s a boy.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“He claimed that this boy here lied about his being in the home last night. Is rfwtttrue?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This narrow approach to social change is reflected in the justifications offered for affirmative action, most notably the claim that “previous outsiders, once given a chance, will exercise power differently.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Thinking back, Palmer recalled that as the gang was leaving the house that afternoon, Henry had rushed back in, claiming he had forgotten something. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She sent a note to their apartment in lieu of her usual Sunday visit, claiming she had the stomach flu and had to stay home. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fancy mathematical terms and reams of statistical correlations and computer printouts do not in themselves produce understanding, social scientists’ claims notwithstanding. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Television crews have claimed most of the other balconies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, here we go into Mississippi—the most lied- about state in the union—that’s what they claim,” a man behind me said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still not completely sold on my claims of ignorance about that reporter’s death, and as soon as she heard Nazario mention Bodega I sensed she was sure he was one of Bodega’s pawns. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Therefore, the only kind of political elite permissible was one that repudiated its elite status and claimed to speak for “the many” rather than “the few.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He would not have been the first father to dispose of an unwanted girl child, the Shavepate claimed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Because Galileo rushed into print, his claim to priority was undisputed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Belknap declined, claiming falsely that he was too old a man to climb that many steps. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Indian Agent had offered to take the Labrador if nobody turned up to claim him, as his own hunting dog had recently died... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lone Turk who had roamed into the town years ago and who languished with his family behind the little store where they sold linens claimed passionately to his wife that the mute was Turkish. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Sitting Man with the cap and epaulettes, also intimidated by Chacko’s suit and sideways tie, allowed him into the baggage claim section. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many have come and claimed to have climbed to the top, but we who live in the middle of the mountain have not yet looked up at any of them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

That was a lot more recent than the Holocaust, and already half the people in Chokecherry claim it never happened. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Washington State said that the treaty did not mean what the Indians claimed, and in any case that circumstances had changed too much for it still to be binding. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It would be a mistake to think that one can resolve this contradiction: the whole point of the fact is that it inhabits two worlds and claims the best of both. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Whenever Brave Orchid thought of it, which was everyday, she said, “Are you ready to go see your husband and claim what is yours?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In arguing that Indians died at anomalously high rates from European diseases, are researchers claiming that they were somehow uniquely vulnerable? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I do. Not a tie links me to any living thing: not a claim do I possess to admittance under any roof in England.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Also because there are “Last Friends” out there claiming they have the cure to death in their pants. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Why should I go running to my aunt as if I were a beggar? My claim is better than her own. Let her come to me ... in Westeros.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Poillon, concerned that Berkeley’s broad patent claims might provoke a messy interinstitutional fight, pleaded with Lawrence to narrow his claims to avoid controversy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Pleased by our own cleverness, we’d smugly claim a seat and then talk or study the whole way to school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Cecile gave Big Ma—who seemed to want to fight—no reaction, although she seemed amused by Ma Charles and Miss Trotter each claiming her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They throw mud at me, claiming it will darken my ugly white skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed with the hope that “any question regarding priority in any patent claims ... be settled without acrimonious discussion.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I nodded, and he looked at my uncle and said, “This child shows great promise. Our orphanage is full, but I will make room for her under one condition. You cannot return to claim her.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that they shot at moving cars, shot at the unarmed, shot through the backs of men and claimed that it had been they who’d been under fire. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Aimee considered opting out by claiming low blood sugar from involuntary fasting, but she decided against starting out the year as the class hypochondriac. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Wallace claimed it was his state’s constitutional right, not the federal government’s right, to operate Alabama’s public schools, colleges, and universities. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the Essays Montaigne was making a fundamental claim about our knowledge of the world, that knowledge is always subjective, personal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There is some evidence to support their claim. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The officer claimed that Prince had tried to run him over with his jeep, and I knew that the prosecutors would believe him. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But Dr. Baker’s opinion is directly opposite to the claims of the Agriculture Department. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then they made the rounds of the morgue, claiming bodies as long-lost relatives—although Carpenter was not above simply stealing bodies from the coroner when he had to. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I. A. Horowitz, the editor of Chess Review, claimed that she was a “pain in the neck” for always appealing to him for more publicity for Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He slid into the lunch line, grabbed a tray, and tossed on a bag of chips, mac and cheese, a pudding cup, and something the serving guy claimed was chicken pot-pie. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Half my paychecks bounced, and she refused to reimburse me for my penalty charges, claiming that it was my bank's fault, not hers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You can come down here with me,” I said, scooting over so I wasn’t claiming the whole bed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were jokes on the internet that claimed she wasn't human—maybe they weren't jokes. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I splashed my urine on the tarpaulin and over the locker lid to stake my claim. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girls stepped up to claim their prizes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“They called up and said that no one had claimed it. And Mr. Dalton got a wire from Detroit. Mary never got there.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers feel dry and cold, and the look he gives me claims me, like he’s taking ownership of what I did. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Of course, after he died, every village in Mexico claims that Pancho Villa came through and that they gave him food and shelter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson defended himself by claiming that his consultations with Bache were not clandestine meetings; he had met with Bache many times, true enough, but he was not, as the Federalists charged, “closeted” with him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Others claim that a loved one’s criminality is a private, family matter: “Somebody’s business is nobody’s business.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t dare claim that for myself, though; I’ve always thought the latter was the most natural and best thing.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Food riots in Tokyo had claimed at least eight lives, and there were rumors of a revolution in Russia. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Initially, Halley supported Hevelius’s claims, reporting back that his positions obtained with open sights really were as good as he claimed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Copernicus also claimed that his system was preferable because it specified more tightly the characteristics of the system as a whole. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

These facts, drug war defenders claim, make the decision to wage the drug war almost exclusively in poor communities of color an easy and logical choice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But Fezzik was a Turkish boy, and people claim the fruit bat from Indonesia is the biggest in the world; try telling that to a Turk sometime. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He sued The Coca-Cola Company, claiming a bottle of soda he’d bought was filled with ground glass, though he was in a prison that only offered Pepsi products in aluminum cans. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“They say wounded soldiers will be brought via train if the railways are still operating. Several claim the Russians have already bombed the entire track.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Freya herself rode to the battlefield and claimed her share of the dead, and to the Norse poets that was a natural and fitting office for the Goddess of Love. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gran claimed she was drawn to wild open wilderness and it didn’t get more wild than the endless forests and craggy beaches of Oregon. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When humans died, their souls clung invisibly to their bodies for as long as they could—a day or two—and then they lost their grip and were claimed by the natural pull of evanescence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

One month before the disaster, a medicine man hunting deer in the canyon claimed to have received a vision of the catastrophe that would befall the dam. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

After claiming his body, the club had hauled it to the Indiana Dunes on Lake Michigan, where members erected an immense pyre. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Talking to the New York Times, he claimed flat out, “California has a chance, but I think Washington will win.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Magazines called his culture medium “an elixir of youth” and claimed that bathing in it might make a person live forever. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Olanna turned to walk away because she was sure he was one of those men who claimed to have met her before only to have a chance to make a pass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet his indifference to McMillian's innocence claim was hard for me to accept. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Before heading to the snack table, I walk to the back of the library and claim my seat. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Though exact numbers aren’t known, some experts claim that the total number of victims may have doubled to 200,000 or more. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was like Peach knew she was the heir to the throne and had arrived to claim her tiara. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was not true, for example, as was claimed in the Party history books, that the Party had invented airplanes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There are letters to the editor from people all over Ireland claiming they heard the first cuckoo of the year and you can read between the lines that people are calling each other liars. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In far-off Russia, a woman called Charlotte Russe claimed to have found the second ticket, but it turned out to be a clever fake. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

One can reasonably say, then, that Huygens had been wrong to claim that his result was in some way ‘better’ than Boyle’s, and wrong to abandon his earlier beliefs in the light of it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His Free Brothers were brave and eager for the fight, he claimed, but without the Unsullied to stiffen them he feared his unblooded troops might not have the discipline to face battle-seasoned sellswords by themselves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In a statement to police, Garrett Tison’s attorney claimed she received a phone call from Mr. Tison alleging that guards refused to put him in isolation despite his complaints about receiving threats. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ricky bought it from the town dump with a jar of quarters—or so he claimed—a pedigree whose odor even the forest of air-freshener trees he’d hung from the mirror couldn’t mask. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She claims that a good debate gets her blood pumping. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Believe me, you don’t want to know anyone over there,” she claimed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But how could Rome claim to be the seat of the one true Church if its authority could not extend to other solar systems? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that was his downfall. Or part of it. I think Marisa Coulter was involved in some way—perhaps she testified against him—we’ll look up the details. And he’s claiming to be Lyra’s father?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I even offered it to Jim to read, but he claimed he didn’t know who von Braun was. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fazlullah claimed that watching movies and TV shows was a sin because it meant that women would look upon men, and men would look upon women, who were forbidden to them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He claimed they were better than red roses from the grocery store, because those greenhouse-born flowers couldn’t survive in the winter. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Popper has criticized Freudianism for claims and predictions which, though perhaps comforting or suggestive in one way or another, are, like the above statements, largely unfalsifiable. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the division, Alexander’s trusted general and childhood friend, Ptolemy, claimed Egypt for himself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

There's an international treaty saying no country can lay claim to anything that's not on Earth. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The majority report, written by Bingham, rejected Woodhull’s claims and declared that women were not citizens, but “members of the state.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The death scratched his head and held up his hands, but nothing could stop Lyra’s words, nothing could deflect her desire, not even fear: she’d seen worse than death, she claimed, and she had, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And no ship’s company can claim to have passed her without loss and grief; she takes, from every ship, one man for every gullet. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know what it will say and I know I’ll make sure I’ve lived as I’m claiming: He Lived for Everyone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“They claim Fair Folk protection, and I’ll see they get it.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Or guardians would claim to be buying homes and land for their wards while really buying these for themselves. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The big guy claimed to be clumsy and useless, but he always seemed to be in exactly the right place when Percy needed him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"The Nazis have succeeded in one of the heaviest series of blows yet claimed against British shipping." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he arrived at the tents, Andy looked badly rattled but claimed that he wasn’t injured. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Tipped M butted up against the northeast boundary of my claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Two sisters, two daughters, one wife, and my old mother,” the singer claimed, though not one looked like him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It closed the courthouse doors to claims of racial bias in sentencing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I'll give my dad credit; he never claimed it was to build character or teach me the value of hard work. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, he claimed it was for “personal reasons.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We lied about why we required them, claiming that we were on an errand for the regent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said something to one of his ever-present group of bootlickers and they moved off through the crowd in a different direction to claim a table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I dream that the winds come of the sky and claim us for the sea. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“If I had done that, you can be sure I would claim it. Face it, nobody wants you here. It was bound to happen sooner or later.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But the brazen claim that slavery must be accepted unconditionally as a permanent feature of the national confederation was, if not wholly new, at least an interpretive clarification never made before in a national forum. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"So you have no claim of authority over him?" asked Ms. Morengo. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

How odd, I thought: it had taken my mothers death, Father Quinel’s murder, and the desire of others to kill me for me to claim a life of my own. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I decided that the only way my attackers could claim victory over me was if I let fear rule my life. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

To Adams, on the other hand, he claimed that his remarks on the Davila essays had been misconstrued, that he was actually “not referring to any writing that I might suppose to be yours.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t claim him now, you’ll never have a husband. Stop crying,” she ordered. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bitter conflict between Protestants and Catholics, which had led to prolonged civil war in France, to the most terrible massacres and brutalities, had made all claims to truth seem partisan. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To illustrate these problems, consider the following typical example of an often quoted pre-Clovis claim. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She’ll claim it’s community property, divvy it out to her minions, and there goes our emergency supply.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Papa claimed Jumper could clear the moon if he took a notion to see the other side of it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was any territory for me to claim, it had to be on his face. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

One might at first be inclined to dismiss this assertion as meaningless, because the experiment is imaginary and my claim about its outcome cannot be verified. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The same stories claim Mien’s own lute had eight strings in all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be back,” I say, getting up from my spot on the couch, which Scruggs, a friend who was relegated to the floor, immediately claims, slinking up in one fluid motion. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“To those who survive, we grant immunity. Come forward to claim it.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Shigemura was pleased and claimed that the turbulence of her ego was in the process of being overcome. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ivy didn’t get how a lot of the words worked together, things like insurance claims and rebuilding and months and years. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Second, there is the claim that the concept of rationality is always culturally relative. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Cardinal Bellarmine himself looked through Galileo’s telescope and appointed what we would now call a scientific subcommittee of learned priests to examine Galileo’s claims for the instrument. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

After centuries of misery, slavery, injustice, and foreign interference, the people of Haiti had claimed their country. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I find Soojin and Emily in the corner of the cafeteria, at the same table we claimed as ours last year. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Throughout Adams’s presidency, she claimed, Jefferson had used his position as vice president to undermine the policies of the very man he had been elected to support. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

No one has ever found their nests, he claims, so it is evident that they visit us from another planet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Despite our begging him to join, Colton opted out, claiming he didn’t have anything to say. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He reminded me of a young peacock I once saw that acted as if he had just claimed the entire courtyard by fanning his still-short tail. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At thirty miles from my claim, it wasn’t likely I’d be back often. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It also reinforced her claims on behalf of her son as Caesars heir. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He claimed to be genuinely embarrassed at the stridently proslavery rhetoric of the delegates from the Deep South and much more comfortable on the high moral ground of his northern friends. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Frog did not see it, but those who did claimed Cleon’s copper armor rent like silk, and from within came an awful stench and a hundred wriggling grave worms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Each asserted a superior ancestral claim to the imperial throne. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them claimed they could feel the difference; the air in their lungs was fuller, the race of blood through their veins faster. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

His neighbors kept their distance, claiming he had El Ojo, the “evil eye.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He neither claimed to know the butler's name, nor anyone who had known him, but he would always insist the event occurred just as he told it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She claims she can tell me more about Moreau and about being a magician.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I doubt that any other man alive can make this claim.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was growing late, and by now someone else would have claimed my doorstep. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He claims this dream to be divinely inspired, and fasts this day. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Most claim to have been possessed for a time much longer than a single day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When the stench of burned flesh that many on the row claimed they could smell during the execution wafted into his cell, Myers dissolved. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The ANC, they claimed, was a “terroristic” Communist movement out of touch with the aspirations of blacks, who were perfectly satisfied with the way things were. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t help. You’ve been standing here all this time and your luggage is still at baggage claim. Now, follow the signs to pick up your things. I’m sure you have family waiting for you.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One writer has claimed that the two didn’t speak to each other for more than thirty years; that’s simply false. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed no knowledge of how he had gotten where he was. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’d been something big for me to ship myself out here, to work on Uncle Chester’s claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

All these spirits, she claimed, lived in the coal shed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Ms. Jackson’s husband, Gabe Ugliano, claims that his stepson, Percy Jackson, is a troubled child who has been kicked out of numerous boarding schools and has expressed violent tendencies in the past. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Father had always claimed that his wife was like no other. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lyons did not allege race discrimination, but if he had, that claim would almost certainly have been a loser too. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The sixty-inch machine laid easy claim to being the last word in cyclotron design. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Abramov later claimed that he’d contacted several grandmasters but had made little progress in finding an opponent of the caliber that Fischer was insisting on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Them furriners. I cant tell one from another. You might take her across the tracks where they live, and maybe somebody’ll claim her.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to creep by unnoticed, but he stopped me, claiming that I was just the fellow he'd been looking for. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

One cannot, at once, claim to be superhuman and then plead mortal error. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

What do you do when you are faced with several different gods each claiming the same territory? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"God will be our bomb shelter," she claimed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was too late for him to assert his claim to the discovery. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

What are the implications of claiming that the Earth is a planet? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When a group of Europeans offered to overthrow the demon in exchange for a claim to the lands it haunted, the incredulous local leaders consented. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Most damaging to the claim that New York’s police innovations radically lowered crime is one simple and often overlooked fact: crime went down everywhere during the 1990s, not only in New York. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Jay later claimed that the entire eastern seaboard was illuminated each evening by protesters burning him in effigy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her second duty now, inferior only to her father’s claims, was to promote Harriet’s comfort, and endeavour to prove her own affection in some better method than by match-making. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The man claimed to have seen a shotgun. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Or that some older kids would show up and claim it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

‘The legion’s not nearly as united as Michael claimed. We don’t trust all the auxilia forces Octavian has gathered.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They were proud, claiming that they didn’t need to change by becoming students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. General Pettigrew claims he saw them yesterday afternoon. General Hill says he was, ah, overeager. General Hill says he expects no opposition but perhaps some local militia, with shotguns and such.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the course of his life Crombie slowly retreated from the claims made in that book. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Thou shalt claim no earthly possessions, save thy robes, ring, and journal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But for all the rich wages earned and the middle-class lives built, any claim that Levittown had to being some kind of utopia was discredited by its glaring defect: a persistent racism. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even Sebond’s work had fallen foul of the censors, not for its basic thrust, but for the extravagant claims made on behalf of it by Sebond in his preface. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When anyone questioned his authority, Bliss claimed that the Garfields asked him to supervise the care. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Others claim that inner-city residents no longer share the same value system as mainstream society, and therefore are not stigmatized by criminality. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

At the same time, Turner understood the exhilaration among the tormentors and the insidious way it could claim him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he was beside her, claiming her as his sister, showing her as proof the cloak he wore, the work of her hands, which she had wrapped him in when he went away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This claim’s about thirty miles from here, about three from the nearest town, which is Vida.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

An absolutely certain way in those days to draw down on one a wretched fate was to claim superiority in anything over any deity; nevertheless people were perpetually doing so. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carroll claimed later that he had had two thoughts. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“All of our lives have been hell, honestly,” his father claims. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Except, Marco hardly has time for me, even though he claims I’m his woman, his one and only. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the view of most scientists: Einstein himself wrote a paper in which he claimed that stars would not shrink to zero size. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washkar, in Qosqo, had the machinery of the state at his disposal; in addition, his claim to the fringe was generally accepted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She'd always claimed her old nose was much bigger than mine, but I didn't see any difference between them. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My parents like to claim that after he was born, I frequently locked myself in the bathroom and very loudly plotted schemes to run away from home, because no one paid attention to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

At forty-eight she has come to experience the solitude that her husband and son and daughter already know, and which they claim not to mind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chantal pushes up her eyeglasses and looks over at the baggage claim. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And none of us is claiming to read minds today. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He claimed that the film made more than “a hundred million dollars,” which was highly exaggerated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed to understand 2001: A Space Odyssey, even the ending. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I picture Mom bucking her spine beneath the grip of the welfare men, who claimed to know better. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Courts have not been forgiving of women in these circumstances, frequently concluding that “the nature and circumstances of the marital relationship may give rise to an inference of knowledge by the spouse claiming innocent ownership.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Scarcely one thousand natives remained on the peninsula, according to official figures; the disease had claimed more than five thousand lives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That way she could claim it was a scrape from falling off her bike. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We defined the issues in terms of developing legal doctrine and establishing legal precedent; our clients became important, but secondary, players in a formal arena that required lawyers to translate lay claims into technical speech. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He claimed it helped to keep his face warm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His head did not turn as he spoke, “Which particular dot of light do you claim to come from?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“This showed up when”—she choked on the words Dharma Raja—“claimed me.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And yet the truth is, we accept persons such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane to be great, though most of us cannot claim to have ever scrutinized them under such conditions. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, Fabyan tried to lay claim to his work, calling it Riverbank Publication No. 22, but its insights were William’s alone. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He even claims he’s coming to my bar mitzvah tomorrow. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

If there really was a God and he supposedly loved me as I was, which Dad claimed he did, I didn’t understand why I couldn’t wear my shorts and T-shirt. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In 1922, he had been charged with murdering a fisherman but was acquitted after claiming that the fisherman had first come at him with a knife. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He did, and claimed the dog for his prize, only to return it later. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine what future such a woman might claim for herself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Anyone who claims that the older folks have a more difficult time in the Annex doesn’t realize that the problems have a far greater impact on us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

No one can claim that it never happened now—not with the scientists digging up the final evidence. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Upon landing, Columbus was to thrust his sword into the ground and claim the New World for Spain, while his men assumed positions that mimicked those depicted on a two-cent postage stamp commemorating Columbus’s discovery. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In England, she claims, plain facts replaced strange facts much earlier than in France; in other words, facts became regularized and routinized. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I might have claimed it was to soothe her, but really, it was so I didn’t have to think about lynchings and death threats and robes in the closet. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You are all your lord father claimed you were." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Since the new science had yet to establish its claim to authority, that claim had to be asserted by appealing to reality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The girl claimed she had found the fish in a rubbish pile outside a rich home when she traveled to a far town, but no one believed her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Exalted Cyclops, a housepainter named Jack Murray, who had immigrated from West Germany, delivered long, wandering diatribes against the Jews, who, he claimed, had destroyed his first country and now were demolishing his second. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Billy’s dad had been cut off in 1957, but had stuck around by claiming an old shack above where the colored people lived in Snakeroot. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d feel better if Apollo would claim him as a son. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He gazed at me and I had no doubt he thought I was either a tremendous liar for claiming authorship of a white man’s book or that I was confessing something to him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were those too who claimed that their snores echoing back from the pipes woke them up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And claim the gift that is my right.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Lawrence later claimed that at this point she became convinced Holmes had killed Emeline. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It’s not that good writers never hedge their claims. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Adams was outraged, claiming that Jefferson, of all people, should know that he had not converted to monarchy while in Europe. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They claimed that the Jews profited during times of high inflation because they owned so many shops and businesses. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A few days prior we had two carts and three horses but some German soldiers we encountered had taken one of the wagons and two horses, claiming they were needed for the war effort. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mostly from evangelical Christian sites, which have bought Nathan’s devil claims wholesale. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He would read about Japan’s losses during those final weeks of the Pacific war and claim he had predicted it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scythe tried to defend himself, claiming the old adage, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but the High Blade wasn’t buying it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A scientist sent a thermometer that he claimed would provide the most accurate body temperature readings. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sean said he heard some knucklehead in the ceramics studio claim that Erin was being sent to a Catholic boarding school somewhere in California. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Jesse had said he loved me but hanged himself, Marcus had claimed to have feelings for me but then beat me up in the showers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wondered if it were true, as Mami claimed when she and Papi fought, that he saw other women behind her back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some would simply deny that it is possible to escape culture and discover nature in the way that scientists claim. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Rogers, switching to civilian clothes, claimed to be head of a ring spying on the British and got Hale to admit that he also was a spy—with members of Rogers’s “spy ring” as witnesses. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tigers had already claimed five victims from their island this year. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Later, in a semi-off-the-record interview she gave to a Yugoslavian journalist, she claimed that she was not planning to marry Bobby, but that she was attracted to his honesty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I have made no claim. I do not understand you.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Vesalius, the first great anatomist of the Renaissance, was not in the business of claiming priority, which is why, for all his originality, there are no parts of the body named after him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was one of those undetermined campers who got stuck in the Hermes cabin because his Olympian dad or mom never claimed him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed it was because he was a man of regular and moderate habits who never took whiskey before noon. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Struggling to think through the implications of Vespucci’s claim, they needed a way of referring to what we call the Earth, or the world—the single globe formed of land and sea. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And especially did this personal and human right bear hard upon me, for temperamentally I am inclined to satisfy the claims of my own ideals rather than the expectations of others. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Several witnesses claimed he had been beaten to death. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Older brother of some kid who goes to my school. Got shot a few blocks from the station, and police claim he had a gun pointed on them.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was living the great paradox of the early American republic: What was politically essential for the survival of the infant nation was ideologically at odds with what it claimed to stand for. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even though I do not remember instigating the investigations, the Mosses later claimed that I had called in nine “false” abuse reports using the hotline number. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Having no claims upon others, I bent the way the wind blew, rendering unto my environment that which was my environment’s, and rendering unto myself that which I felt was mine. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For once, I claimed the space before Roli could hog it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“But Teccam claims that out of all the spirits, only wine is suited to reminiscence. He said a good wine allows clarity and focus, while still allowing a bit of comforting coloration of the memory.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is important here to distinguish this claim from the argument with which this chapter started. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was reach out and claim my tray, and the world would be perfectly normal. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

"Oh, it's truth you want? Be careful, my lady. lyrion says that people often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If zero were nothing, the student could claim that the grades for the courses he failed did not exist, and demand a 4.0 average. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

No one had a duty to me, and I had no claim on anyone else. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He announced that three more restaurants had agreed to desegregate and he suggested that someone from St. Joseph’s leave immediately to verify his claim. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Livingston doubted that these produced the resonant acceleration Lawrence claimed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If Katherine III was who she claimed to be, and whom he remembered her to be, then what if. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

We climb on and claim a space of two straw mats under the deck, enough for us five to lie side by side. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Even without a comprehensible theoretical foundation, however, astrology would deserve respect if it worked, if there were some empirical support for the accuracy of its claims. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The theories of scholars who claim to know what the foragers felt shed much more light on the prejudices of their authors than on Stone Age religions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after they started their daily walks, Ginny stopped wearing her leg braces, claiming they pinched her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Lourdes studies the checkered linoleum, longs to dig for her bones like a dog, claim them from the black-hooded earth, the scraping blade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chapter 15 looks at the key arguments on which the relativists depend and shows that they do not do what is claimed for them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They didn't tell us kids about the divorce till after it happened, and when they finally mentioned it, they claimed it was a small price to pay if it ended our immigration struggles. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We can claim that he was just a nincompoop or a madman. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He faced the water and planted his foot, so he looked like some explorer who’d just claimed a new country. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He claims he wants to get to know America’s youth, and as part of America’s youth, we would give it to him straight. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But I was beginning to see there were bigger things in life than proving up on a claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

One agent, he claimed, had sniffed the air and cried, “Don’t you smell that human flesh burning?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The police claimed he was reaching for a weapon—no weapon was ever found—and the teen was shot dead while he sat in his car. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Addison himself claimed to be neutral on the subject: he believed in witchcraft in principle, but not in the validity of any particular accusation of witchcraft. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Such claims can only arise from complete ignorance of the sort of gentleman his lordship was. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In Newton’s language, it might be claimed, there is not only no single word or phrase equivalent to our word ‘revolution’, but the very concept is lacking. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Strauss: “And you forget that you’re not the only one with a reputation to consider. If we claim too much now, our whole hypothesis will come under fire.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

If nothing else, I can lay claim to the title of Youngest Cabdriver in these parts—a taxi-driving prodigy. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

That’s why they put you in a room all alone, away from everybody except your lawyer and, if you’re lucky, any family that still claims you. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At the end of my first exhausting week at Central High, I decided to claim Saturday for my very own. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed in the diary to have established a daily schedule aimed at personal betterment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The anonymous seller claimed to be a former IOI contract programmer and one of the lead architects of its company intranet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Astrology is a pseudoscience—a claim, in the absence of good evidence, that the other planets affect our everyday lives. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rooster Jim claims to be “near to sixty” and he puts in days that would send a younger man straight to his bed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Emo claimed they never got along, not since grade school when they had rock fights in the school yard; he said Tayo had wanted to get even with him for a long time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She claimed to have seen two hundred years. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She described the port and its seafood and claimed it was even better than what we ate in Ningpo. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They apologized about it later, claiming that the image of pint-size me with such a hulking instrument between my spindly legs had made them crack up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Supreme Court has now closed the courthouse doors to claims of racial bias at every stage of the criminal justice process, from stops and searches to plea bargaining and sentencing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In one, he said, “I think I have a right to claim your help on the strength of this speech.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her mysterious disease was rampant in the neighbourhood and had already claimed an infant’s life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if people started doubting her claims, they might doubt William’s, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The hospital was no more than a few months old and a few feet high when people began attempting to stake their claims. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bike made a racket, but Angelo claimed it didn’t bother the pigs and would allow us to cover a lot more ground than we could on foot. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Still, he had to admit that the evidence for his claim might be murky, since the margin of priority could not have been more than a day or so. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

City officials asked a state court to ban the car pool, claiming it was an unlicensed transportation system. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. You had this look on your face like you couldn’t believe she said that. She claimed it was a joke and laughed. I laughed, and then you laughed.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She’d escort us to the baggage claim after she and the other stewardess did the final tidying up. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

But when Esther asked him apprehensively whether there was anything wrong he just shook his head and claimed that he had never really liked boat trips. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian knew he was lying, but did not interrupt as Chief White Halfoat went on to claim that he had never heard from his parents again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

That, at least, was what the folk of the graveyard who had been on the hillside that night claimed had happened. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“All right then,” said the Savage defiantly, “I’m claiming the right to be unhappy.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby claimed that his system would actually reduce the number of draws, that it would produce games in which the players would take more chances, trying to achieve wins rather than half points. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It weighs only ten pounds, he claims, although, as I soon find out, with the attachments dangling from the strap around your waist, the total is probably more like fourteen. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They say I’m too stocky for an archer. Maybe if my dad would ever claim me...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They could then have continued to claim that the earth stands still at the centre of the universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Peckleman wasn’t nearly as good with the Dewey decimal system as he had claimed to be. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I knew exactly what she’d meant by her answer and smile: she was claiming the pencil case was a gift from Miss Geraldine. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ruth and I discussed it while I was caring for her down in Dover, she claimed it had been just a matter of two or three weeks—but that was almost certainly wrong. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the Americans claimed that they needed to resist the tax, or they would be mere slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Above all, experimentation began to engage directly with central claims made by Aristotle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I made no claims to this place being real.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Someone else claims he heard the killing and then saw the boy running out afterward. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy, a girl in my acting class, claims it was easier to get gigs back then. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gang sets, like the Crowns staring me down and the Maple Grove GDs that Scrap claims. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Of course she claimed not to, so I patiently explained what I was talking about. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote to Joe that we would look deeper into his case and that we were convinced that he had a credible claim of innocence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They discussed this knowing that Grover had claim to their house. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t claim to have been that great, but it would have been nice to carry a childhood dream of playing in the majors that most children have. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Methuselah had gone off to seek the solitude of his gatehouse study, where he claimed he could think more clearly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His gaolers claimed all of them were unoccupied at present. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Shrouded Lord is just a legend, he told himself, no more real than the ghost of Lann the Clever that some claim haunts easterly Rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit claiming the study violated the boys’ civil rights and breached confidentiality of doctor-patient relationships by releasing results to state and juvenile courts. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In support of their claim that Armstrong should, at the very least, be entitled to discovery, Armstrong’s lawyers offered two sworn affidavits. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Adolf Hitler was demanding a big piece of Poland, claiming it rightfully belonged to Germans. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They claim those books to be the work of fear-mongers who tagged them on to the Old Testament just to scare people. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The claim that we really know where all the black men have gone may inspire considerable doubt. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn't find volunteer counsel for his postconviction appeals, so most of his legal claims were procedurally barred because he had missed the filing deadlines. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You are kind to say so, my little friend. And for my part, I see that you are just as quick as Lord Varys claimed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Despite claims to the contrary, Corkhill said, the assassin was completely sane. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We need to test out that claim of Aaron’s. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was going to get married, her one claim to fame. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

For if Haitians could claim their freedom and be recognized by America, why couldn’t slaves within the United States do the same thing? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He claimed that this medical aid was not meant to help; he said it was a ploy by Western countries to harm Muslim children. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Fischer claimed that at sixty-one he was the oldest prisoner in the center and therefore deserved more deference. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

While this circumstance is horribly unfortunate for them, it does create important opportunities for a multiracial, bottom-up resistance movement, one in which people of all races can claim a clear stake. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was cocksure, jubilant, at that moment I almost had the courage to claim equality. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Many assumed that Mark Antony would claim Caesar’s power for himself because Octavian lacked experience. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In this case, though, Johann Bernoulli’s claim was justified. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In conspiratorial whispers, with shocking details to back up his claim, he assured us that the French had very low standards of personal hygiene. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course Sam could claim it was a hardship case—the father gone and only the younger brother left at home. But the feet that Mr. Meeker is considered a Tory won’t help.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Articles claiming that I had been here and there were on the front pages. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Della Porta was clearly intrigued, and if he did not actually perform a number of the experiments described by Garzoni which he claimed to have, it seems he did perform these particular experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He claimed his father was harsh and beat him when he fidgeted or mispronounced words. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She wants no part of Cuba, no part of its wretched carnival floats creaking with lies, no part of Cuba at all, which Lourdes claims never possessed her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vespucci’s claim was that he had encountered a vast new landmass which formed no part of the previously known world—he had found a New World. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He rolled his eyes and claimed they were all just having fun, but eventually asked the cast to give it a rest so they could take a picture. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We need not claim anything and be stingy with it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So, in the spring of 1679, Halley set out to see if the incredible claims for accuracy that Hevelius, now aged 68, was making could be justified. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe Momma could guess what I was struggling with, because she says, “The officer claims she feared for her life, so they’ll talk about that.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Clutching me with his trembling, bony hand, he said, “Come quickly. The church will be safest. You’re being looked for everywhere. I have some food for you. If anyone comes, claim sanctuary.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mother claims that she will never let me leave her sight again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fang claimed there was nothing really wrong with her and the only repetitive strain injury she had was from bringing a bottle to her lips one too many times. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The activists made a peculiar claim for these classes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frau Kleist claimed everything I did was wrong but she was all too happy to let me clean, cook, and preserve for her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We would deny the claims of murder and damage to innocent bystanders that the state alleged; either these claims were outright lies, or the incidents were the work of someone else. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her brother didn’t come with any toys either, although he claims he had a helicopter.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Dane claimed he lost his footing, but it was Gabriel who went down. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Sam claimed that Mary Lou was almost fifty years old, which was, and still is, extraordinarily old for a donkey. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Junior claimed his dad let him drink it at home, but not while anyone else was around, so we had no evidence to back this up. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Furthermore he claimed he knew who it was, and that sooner or later the kibáazu would get around to all the females in our house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the least the claim is something to be demonstrated rather than assumed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mitchell claimed it was because these papers had not printed classified material—obviously untrue, since the entire McNamara report was classified. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In a manuscript culture claims to experience cannot be traced back in this way. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The man occupied us all in life and is still holding on to his claim. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The world is interconnected. Collaboration is the key skill of the future,” she claims. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He did not have enough rowers for the fleet, and he did not want to leave the ships behind for Octavian to claim. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

My father listened, and afterward reflected deeply, seemingly trying to find a way to rebuff my mother’s claims. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But whenever Tessie spoke about the umbilical cord, when she claimed that she could still feel me out there somewhere, Milton found himself wanting to believe her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Listen, how come the kid bought the knife to begin with? 8TH JUROR: Well, he claims that— 3RD JUROR: I know. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst of them claims she might replace the king, or use another man to father her bloodline. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Another claimed that Spicely had “been profane” to the white driver, and added that by defying the law the soldier had brought dishonor to his uniform, which “should be a symbol of law and order.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I took her hand, with its puffed flesh and gnarled bones, between my own small hands, which were not, as Cristiana claimed, fat and clumsy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“To be sure, those in charge claim that they will be ready on time. Still the cold-blooded fact stares one in the face that only the Woman’s Building is anywhere near completion inside and out.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s last-round opponent was the rotund Abe Turner, a perpetual acting student whose great claim to thespian fame was that he’d been a contestant on Groucho Marx’s television program, You Bet Your Life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Heggarty says he’s sorry but he can’t be handing out money to every man who wanders in claiming he did his bit. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But it has to be positive publicity, and these days, Chokecherry’s claim to fame is the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Nothing gracing the table or passing their lips came close to meeting her impressive claim. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

One of Merton’s fundamental claims about science is that scientific knowledge is public knowledge—knowledge that has been made available for others to question, test and dispute. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Holmes claimed to have secured a cadaver that resembled Ben Pitezel and to have placed it on the second floor of a house rented especially for the fraud. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He claimed to have been in fear for his life and to only have triumphed through righteous violence. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“They claimed that they didn’t hunt humans. They supposedly were somehow able to prey on animals instead.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It is perfectly correct to claim that in a boundless fluid a floating body displaces its own weight in water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He claimed that he had started out of the city late so that the rising moon would light his way. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We destroyed Hoover Middle last week, thirty-two to four, and we won’t stop, can’t stop, till we claim the championship trophy. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He claimed it was an easy way to die, but I didn’t want to find out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the fence—every inch of it—marking off the lines of my claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jesse Franklin frequently saw me naked and claimed to enjoy it, but he was my boyfriend, so it doesn’t count. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Soon the beach Cullen was patrolling would be crowded with vacationers staking their claims on the sand with colorful towels and umbrellas. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Richard Garrett made a claim against the U.S. government for compensation, for the value of his property, including the burned barn and the corn and hay consumed by the cavalry horses. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has to do with one of the questions which in the whole range of parasitic pathology can, with the greatest right, claim to be of practical importance. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I ain’t come over to get in your business,” he claims. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My parents claim I was always munching on something from the moment I got off the bottle. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

This enabled Columbus to claim the Taino people’s Caribbean home for Spain and to kidnap and enslave the Indigenous peoples. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I made the argument that because of my father, we had a claim to it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It would appear, he went on, "that South America might be fitted together with Africa, and so on…. It is even claimed that rock formations on opposite sides of the Atlantic match." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was up to them to claim, to assert, their own worth, their own value. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

They asked me on what basis did I claim to be a Muslim in my religion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When asked about jobs in their former lives, the new people lie and claim to be poor peasants, like Pa did, or small shopkeepers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed to be writing a Family Biography that the Family would have to pay him not to publish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It indicated that victims of race discrimination could still state a claim under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees “equal treatment under the laws.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I own as I do not, although I stake a claim on a pretty decent fashion sense, on account of my longstanding friendship with a certain party by the name of Joe Bunch. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had moved with his family to Detroit, and there had met a Mr. Wallace D. Fard who he claimed was “God in person.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Smeaths in our rendition of them are charmless, miserly, heavy as dough, boring as white margarine, which we claim they eat for dessert. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perilee’s return letter arrived promptly and with the promise to meet me at the train depot in Wolf Point and take me the rest of the way to Uncle Chester’s claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His employer had commanded him to withdraw from the charrette, claiming that it was too radical an undertaking and would reflect badly on the company. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I claim no credit this time. It was not a guess. Countess Andrenyi practically told me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fredericksburg had been undertaken with little probability of success, the papers claimed; nothing could have been expected under the shabby plans—if, indeed, they were plans—other than appalling slaughter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of meeting new people and making plans, I forgot that my plan is to walk straight into a battle that could claim my life. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

If I may begin with a brief round of applause: I didn’t do half bad at the work itself, and I claim this as a considerable achievement. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn Celeste claims to be the gin rummy champ of the century. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

With snow came the kites, once the rulers of Kabul’s winter skies, now timid trespassers in territory claimed by streaking rockets and fighter jets. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were the doctors who had claimed that the bullet that had killed Anna Brown had disappeared. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The Exchange was one of the few remaining parts of the city that hadn’t been divvied up and claimed in the ceaseless skirmishes between Ketterdam’s rival gangs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ll make it fine,” the woman claims, looking up at the sky. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winston, however, in rewriting the forecast, marked the figure down to fifty-seven millions, so as to allow for the usual claim that the quota had been overfilled. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He claimed it meant “wise one,” but I had my doubts from the way his mouth had quirked when he said it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He got off the train in King City, and, instead of going direcdy to the livery stable to claim his horse and buggy, he walked to Will Hamilton’s new garage. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and again the Seminoles would get drunk and claim that Florida was their territory and everyone else had better pack up and move out. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But it often restricted the ability of reinsurers to dispatch investigators to verify claims. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

"I give them what protection I can. The gold cloaks—" "They claim there were gold cloaks in the mob," Bronn said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She still didn’t believe she breathed as oddly as Ralph claimed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that was the background to Chrissie and Rodney’s claim to have seen Ruth’s “possible,” and you can maybe see now why I was wary about it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As such, how could they now be claimed? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

White reaction was swift and stern: white legislators sent back a message instructing blacks to end “the assertion of impractical claims for social and political rights.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, a year and a half after Bobby’s death, Marilyn and Jinky traveled to Iceland again, this time to file a claim to his estate. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The claim of the Targ brothers was clear: They are indeed his nephews. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how many other clerks there were upstairs, and whether they all claimed to have the same detrimental mastery of their fellow-creatures. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier to turn her back on the two countries that could claim her in favor of one that had no claim whatsoever. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A further irritant was the inability of patent office examiners to grasp Lawrence’s work, which resulted in skeptical questioning of his patent claims. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In each location the reunion drew large crowds, in which witnesses claimed they saw two ghosts from a bygone era materializing one final time for the benefit of the present generation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I understand he claims that a pure white bear attacked him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The guide shows them agate from Brazil and violet amethysts and a meteorite on a pedestal that he claims is as ancient as the solar system itself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

This morning, Mom had insisted that Layla go, claiming it was important to “keep living.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But then the bilingualists claim another, very different goal. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A committee of three old women went to the morgue to claim his body. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was their property, heart and soul, body and blood; what they did claimed every atom of him, sleeping and waking; it colored life and dictated the terms of death. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I’m not making any big claims for myself. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Caesar’s ally, she aimed to claim her share of the profits for Egypt when the battle was over. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

This man, Fat Alger, claimed to have drunk claret on the warden’s porch one night till 2 A.M. and then stayed in his bedroom till 3 A.M. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I haven’t seen Myra since she left the Dauntless compound with Edward, right after his eye was claimed by a butter knife. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

That way, if voter turnout was low, the antis could claim that it was because women didn’t want the ballot. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted you to claim the whole world, as it is. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When these came, as they later did, kings who gained their legitimacy from their claims to control the weather would face angry questioning from their subjects. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Rowe didn’t want to part with him, but he thought that no one would claim an aged veteran of nearly 150 races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed it had been successful in eleven straight prior coin tosses. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Livingston’s first task was to scrub the hyperbole from the claims that Lawrence and Edlefsen had made. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had only to put on the Ring and claim it for his own, and all this could be. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She, personally, did not trust anything that had a built-in weapon and claimed not to use it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, they stood by what Valley claimed was one of the least dangerous entrances to the Cursed Forest, on a road between the library and Seven’s house. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A man is downtown, he’s mugged, and he claims the mugger was a black man. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My family members claim that “a scare” can kill you. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

True, she had done some more detailed measurements of the water content of her DNA samples, but even here Maurice had doubts about whether she was really measuring what she claimed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t call him Captain Wallace, because he’d never actually claimed the name. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kenny had a history of mental instability—she claimed to be possessed by spells—and she had once even attempted to murder another local attorney. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Most of them claim loudly that they have not been exposed to anything. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His claim, that he had missed her at every major event in his life, was grandiose, he knew, but it was not entirely false. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He never claimed to be that which he was not, but did not disabuse people of their assumptions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Its government prepared meticulously documented claims, rushed them through its puppet court, and demanded immediate payment. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

For he was all I claimed, if not all I had. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Essentially, it was a hazing ritual: Despite the instructors’ claims, I could see no real connection be-tween repeatedly falling flat on your face and self-preservation in-side a prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Murrays assumed it was a gift from Chandresh, though when they thanked him for it he claimed he had no idea what they were talking about. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Three years before The War of the Worlds was published, a Bostonian named Percival Lowell founded a major observatory where the most elaborate claims in support of life on Mars were developed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They will join me early to-morrow,” he continued, “and among them are some who will claim an acquaintance with you—Mr. Bingley and his sisters.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Adams went to his grave claiming that these laws never enjoyed his support, that their chief sponsors were Federalist extremists in the Congress, and that he had signed them grudgingly and reluctantly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Like I said, my controller was acting funny,” Malik claims. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He even testified before a congressional committee, and later got into a shouting match with an American general who claimed Farmer was “totally out in left field.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She claimed Jesus told us not to gamble, and playing the lottery was gambling. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red numbers claimed it was three o’clock, but they gave no indication if it was night or day. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If you listen to everybody who claims to have seen Jeffrey-Maniac Magee that first day, there must have been ten thousand people and a parade of fire trucks waiting for him at the town limits. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Runt came to claim the space beside him, and Pax was glad to allow the little fox to groom him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She turned to him and claimed his attention. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The straightforward example of the discovery of the moons of Jupiter shows that these claims are superficially plausible, but mistaken. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You have no evidence to support your claims,” Ash's father objected in frustration. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood him when he spoke of history, or of politics—though she claimed to loathe the subject—and even had a great deal to say about the theater. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Shemar's family and friends say he was a good dude, headed to college, active in his youth group...but the cop claims he caught Shemar trying to steal a car. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She claimed each circuit through Donald’s almanacs as a victory, then returned to the first page for another round. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The standard argument is that this thesis proves that evidence does not determine what scientists hold to be true; consequently, it is claimed, scientific beliefs are primarily shaped by cultural and social factors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If ever he went back to Westeros to claim his birthright, he would have all the gold of easterly Rock to make good on his promises. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Ptolemaic system, like those of Plato and Aristotle, claimed that the moon, the sun and all the planets circled around the earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The merchants along the main street claimed he had received a large legacy and was a very rich man. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We then disembodied plaintiffs’ claims in judicially manageable or judicially enforceable terms, unenforceable without more lawyers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He used these to calculate life expectancies for each age group, and to estimate the population of London, which he concluded was 460,000—not, as had been claimed, 7 million or so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

No claim was too extravagant—wealth was unlimited. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each of the Big Three meatpacking company owners claimed a large corner of the Yard for his company’s facilities. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"My uncles . . ." Theon's claim took precedence over those of his father's three brothers, but the woman had touched on a sore point nonetheless. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the time the mathematical community rejected Bernoulli’s claims; not only had l’Hôpital proved himself an able mathematician, but Johann Bernoulli had a tarnished reputation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It choked him like weeds and rot and colonies of vermin, clogging and staining him, stagnant and fetid, so that nothing so noble as love, or—gods above—forgiveness, could ever claim space in him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But really, I love that I’ve staked my claim on his memory. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When the French and Indian War ended, the French left the region, ceding to the British all the land they had claimed east of the Mississippi River. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff claims the breach in the defenses has been repaired, but with the horde that Gideon described on the way, I want to see for myself. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The claim that an alien society, if it had a sufficiently advanced technology, would come up with almost exactly the same figure as us for the speed of light is perfectly sound. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They contested its claim for a 2005 crash of a helicopter into a government- owned warehouse in Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Almost every day someone claimed to have heard a mysterious moo. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to live in the same house forever, work the same job, and never claim any space for myself, but I did want the year-to-year, decade-to-decade steadiness they had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Those who keep claiming they don’t want to be occupied by the British don’t realize how unfair they’re being. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Board was meaningless, as some commentators have claimed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Zach claimed Cap was the dumbest kid in school, but he was really smart. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Then there were the Beale ciphers, which claimed to lead to a lost treasure in Virginia. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the simple truth is that it is both, and that the scientists are right to claim that this artificial enterprise can discover what happens in nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He claimed that space-time had an inbuilt tendency to expand, and this could be made to balance exactly the attraction of all the matter in the universe, so that a static universe would result. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three days later, Seabiscuit was put up for sale, placed in a rock-bottom claiming race for a tag of just $2,500. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said Caroline’s class was one of Satan’s deceptions, like the public school, because it claimed to be one thing when really it was another. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They claim, of course, to have done everything before the people of the Shire, whom they refer to as “colonists”; but in this case their claim is, I think, likely to be true. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When confronted, my mother claimed she was planning on repainting and, while she was at it, having the couch recovered as well. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She was a “married female”—and therefore, they claimed, she might panic. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It collected hundreds of millions of dollars from some of the world’s largest insurance companies on falsified claims for industrial accidents and natural disasters inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Later Chamberlin would claim to be the first man in Chicago to suspect Holmes of being a criminal. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Boyle was right, however, to claim that his results were very similar to those previously obtained in experiments with barometers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that the thought of someone else claiming her child was unbearable. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seeing you out there in the evening calm, smiling or humming, might give your neighbor an idea to coerce you from your claim using methods of intimidation, various provocations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Their claim of fair trials for the accused were nothing but lies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He said his name was Max and he claimed to be “a pastor from Sasha’s hometown.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He claimed she would be entering into a dishonest agreement.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Well, I would just have to redouble my efforts so I could take first position when I claimed that empty seat in my old classroom. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His father goes around bragging how he phonied up a car-insurance claim to get a hundred dollars to replace a piece of aluminum on their new car, which he had really replaced himself. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The classical architecture of the White City made such a profound impression, Sullivan claimed, that it doomed America to another half-century of imitation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“She claims it’s some medieval palm-reading guide, but I think it’s just something she bought from a traveling kabbalist back in the old country.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Comments included protests that, despite what CBS claimed, there had NOT been four announcements to inform listeners that the broadcast was a radio drama. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed it was going to be neither the one thing nor the other, neither land nor letters, which was to claim him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She claims she didn’t tell anybody in Temple Seven that we had married. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t only Americans and Europeans who joined the people of the Soviet Empire in celebrating the fall of the wall—and claiming credit for it. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The more she thought about that, the more she feared that the woman in the tattered green dress would return and claim them. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would like to claim an immediate fury which was followed by the noble determination to break the restricting tradition. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Concentrating on that comforting fact, he climbs up past the bottom branches he was relegated to years ago, past the branches claimed by his sister and her friends. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then we received a tip from a person who claimed he knew what happened to the cigarettes. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flying across the seven seas to claim her. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom claimed she never wanted to go on business trips, but they were a necessity to keep the museum running. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We also saw seven different restaurants that claimed to have the world’s best BBQ. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rolled back into another claiming race just four days later, he broke a track record, an unheard-of feat for a claimer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, since we’re claiming this is an emergency and that many livelihoods are at stake, I’d say three to six months.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His claim was that for a great many people, the evening was the best part of the day, the part they most looked forward to. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most impressively, fully 72 percent of the women claimed “above average” looks, including 24 percent claiming “very good looks.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“So Michael D. claims to have used the fantasy suite for talking,” Alice says. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Have the hosts of heaven come to claim my patient? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Later, claiming illness, he got himself confined in Massachusetts. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that Sam would want somebody there, and besides, somebody would have to claim the body. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She claims to be Salvadoran but sounds Colombian. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In school, if their teacher announced their birthday, they denied it, claiming it was a mistake. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Theory that claims that men are descended from apes.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she will claim the glory of the kill. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He said he was a Korean War veteran, and backed up his claim with lively stories from places in distant parts of the world. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He did not want to be recognized by a medium who could claim later that Huxley believed in conjuring up the dead. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It asserted that Indigenous inhabitants lost their natural right to that land as soon as Europeans arrived and claimed it. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He staked the team’s claim to the discovery with a letter to the Physical Review dated January 28, 1941. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Still, the antis claimed that all of those who failed to vote opposed female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He offered $15 an installment, “preferably monthly,” until my claim was proved up and I was no longer a homesteader. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She claimed it took water from her cascade and plumping mill. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon took a fistful of dried kernels from the sack by the door and scattered them on the floor, then claimed the chair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But add a pair of commas, and Cora becomes the suspect: Cora, claimed Frank, planned the murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazi leaders discouraged parents from visiting the camps, claiming that visits worsened the children’s homesickness and strained the transportation system. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Over time, reinsurance companies got wise to frequent and costly claims for train crashes and ferry sinkings that were all but impossible to investigate. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Before the waters could claim them all, Coyote presented the kidnapped infant back to Mother Water Monster. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This time the Turks claimed a large portion of the island. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There she goes calling Seven “my brother” like she’s the only one who can claim him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

This young woman remembered sending a text to say good morning, something so insignificant, and claimed not to remember anything else. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was one thing for poorly schooled nonwhite students to claim that they were minorities. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No newsmen were allowed in Sing Sing at the electrocutions of four men on July 7,1891; prison officials claimed that each was dead within six minutes of entering the execution room. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even had a special ointment which he claimed would cure baldness. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

No one was so foolish as to dispute these claims. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Pearly had taken one look at Nailer’s pale eyes and claimed he was spawned by demons. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Phil jumped into the conversation to give me a hard time about it—he claimed that he liked it, after all—and the next morning, I found this postcard taped to my locker. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In Cleopatra’s absence, Arsinoe had tried to pass off an imposter as Ptolemy XIII, alive and well and claiming his place on the throne. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Kevin countermanded her orders, claiming that he had work for me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a fisherman who claims to have seen a German submarine just off Amity Harbor. A periscope—he followed it for half a mile. Do you think that can be true?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The county sheriff was an employee of the State of Alabama, the county claimed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And now, having waged this war for decades, we claim some blacks “support” mass incarceration, as though they would rather have their young men warehoused in prison than going off to college. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If I got to choose it, or if it had somehow already claimed me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The coloured students in Alexandra had till now refused to participate in the school boycotts, claiming that they were not being taught Bantu Education. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called the villagers to come identify any daughters they wanted to take home, but no one claimed any. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inconsolable 8-Deer took the throne of Tilantongo and declared war on Red and White Bundle, which he claimed had orchestrated the murder. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nkoko, mongo, zulu—river, mountain, sky—everything must be called out from the void by the word we use to claim it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father, in light of my continued successes at school, had begun claiming all the credit. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellis deflates and claims homework time in her bedroom. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I can keep the body in the freezer for a few days,” Mr. Huffer said evenly, “but if no one claims him then the Norvelt paupers’ fund will only pay for cremation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This is someone whose eyes claim mine and don’t release me; this is Tris. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Cops arrested and released the alleged shooter after he lodged a claim of self-defense. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I start to say I’m friends with Yolanda, but I’m not sure if I can truly claim her. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But for a guy who claims to be helping Chokecherry, he seems to hate the place. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

You could go around implying you’d read all kinds of things, nodding knowingly when someone mentioned, say, War and Peace, and the understanding was that no one would scrutinise your claim too rationally. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave us three days to come up with the money or he’d claim everything inside the place. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the leaders of this political Klan defended their tactics by claiming that tough “law-and-order” measures would end social turmoil. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors claim Frederick retains no memories, that his brain maintains only basic functions, but there are moments when she wonders. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life I became aware of the life of the modern world, of vast cities, and I was claimed by it; I loved it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sole claim to fame during a lackluster tenure on the city council was detecting a bookkeeping error that would have cost the city a million dollars. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He might demand that I be switched to a different class, claiming it’s for my own good. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the time of the meeting he claimed to have attended to plan the Port Elizabeth riot, he was serving a sentence for fraud in a Durban jail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a murder occurred on Indian territory, then the federal authorities could claim jurisdiction. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

What did any of this have to do with my homestead claim? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As she washed and mended, she only ever heard them say, “Don’t worry, Aziz joon. Soon you will come of age and claim the khan’s inheritance.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Virginia, listen to me. What are they going to do to us? We’re your family. We have every right to claim you.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I claimed a small, empty wasi on the outskirts of the residential area and placed my pack and blankets within. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“All right. Then I will personally escort you to baggage claim,” Deborah Howard says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Elsie finished them all in fifteen minutes flat and was the first to claim her invite. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Back in New York he seems to have spied for the British while claiming to be a Son of Liberty. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is as real as I am,” he claimed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny tells them that they have to keep petitioning the school to claim justice. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Growers claimed that the instant a knife sliced the stalks, the sweet mass inside started to harden and turn woody. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I try not to think of the dark morning the Empire claimed me, but it haunts my dreams still. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"An impressive effort tonight. You are truly as agile as Agent Iparis claimed. I hate seeing such talents wasted on worthless criminals, but life isn't very fair, is it?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Being from District 4, he was a Career, so the odds were already in his favor, but what no trainer could claim to have given him was his extraordinary beauty. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I propose to take our countrymen’s claims of American exceptionalism seriously, which is to say I propose subjecting our country to an exceptional moral standard. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Gilbert’s On the Magnet takes us into a different world; indeed, he claims to be engaged in a new type of philosophizing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To protect the insurance companies from bankruptcy, the Nazis forbade the Jews from filing insurance claims. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “I hope you know you can never date Charlie,” and claimed he was saying this to save me from a destiny like his and Mom’s. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She claimed it was going to be published by a small press in Berkeley. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Superstition runs long and deep on the backstretch, and the trainer who had claimed the horse was unnerved enough to sell him without ever racing him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fellow police officer, who asked to remain anonymous, claims the indictment is nothing more than a publicity stunt at Tison's expense. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The students were taught how to identify Jews by learning the physical traits that the Nazis claimed characterized “inferior” people. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The philosophers in the audience were scandalized by this claim; Galileo was naturally thrilled to have been vindicated and feted. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Let’s not forget Calpurnia,” said Harry, “with her Notebook. I claim some credit for your accomplishments, pet, for having given it to you. Well done.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I really wasn’t sure—Sam had claimed it was six years, but she could have been wrong. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Rather, he established a base line which enabled others to make priority claims. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Blue and pink chalk in hand, I claim the sidewalk in front of our building for my hopscotch board. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Sekani claims he’s still not feeling good, so he stayed home. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Whether it was Lawrence or Livingston who first came up with shimming is unknown, for both would claim credit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I am the mother, but that gives me claim to nothing.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

My father always claimed that a league wasn’t really a unit of measurement at all, just a way for farmers to attach numbers to their rough guesses. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re doing well with those new cabins, by the way. I suppose this means I can claim all those other sons and daughters of mine and send you some siblings next summer.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The captain answered with a nod, grim-faced, then called for the seven girls he had claimed to be brought on deck, the loveliest of all those found aboard the Willing Maiden. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Back when she was a happier woman, she used to claim Father married her for the way she wrung a rooster’s neck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the name of goodness and truth he laid claim to all the country and set out to explore his new domain. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I would be racked with guilt,” he admitted, “were I not devoted to the belief that the results you will produce will more than outweigh their claim.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then we claimed chairs around the circle by placing our plates on the seats. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the priest chanted the Latin prayers, whose meaning I barely understood, I knelt by his side and knew that God had taken away the one person I could claim as my own. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She intended that it hit on the other side of him so she could claim he had been killed by an incoming artillery shell. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he still chased bandits on horseback, the work was generally less dangerous; in many cases, it involved unmasking individuals who had filed false claims for reimbursements. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Soon the aviator Charles Lindbergh, perhaps the most famous man in America, would claim in a speech that Jews had too much influence over “our motion pictures, our press, our radio, and our government.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A young man who had worked at the dye vats in a mill claimed suddenly that a great holy power had come in him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She claims it, this beautiful country with its beautiful mountains and splendid beaches—all the copy we read in the tourist brochures. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I claimed Mama for my own and was jealous of any attention she paid to her daughters. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

This was the beginning of the American Revolution, a war that before it was over would claim many lives and consume the entire American colony. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only wished to claim the treasure as my very own in those days, and to be rid of the name of thief that was put on me. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The ghost also claimed that Hermes had once hidden the stolen cattle of Apollo in that cave. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They are beginning to suspect that perhaps there is something to it, but Lies and the rest of the family renounce their claims to Vincent's paintings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Just before unconsciousness claimed her, Holly’s hand flopped from beneath the tapestry. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My uncle claimed that more bugs lived per square mile in southern Georgia than anywhere in the state. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I just duck into the library, staking claim to a computer. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He was not being characteristically diplomatic when he claimed that Madison and Hamilton both understood the issues at stake more fully than he did. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her big claim to fame is the Great Tomb Project. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The journal carried a report by Merle Tuve claiming that his Tesla coil could drive alpha particles to energies as high as 10 million electron volts without “any serious difficulty.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"You may claim no affiliation with them, but perhaps some have crossed your path. And perhaps you'd like to help us find them." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She confirmed that she had scaled the spire and entered through the oculus, but claimed she hadn’t come to steal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My body grew, even on mush and lard gravy, a miracle which the church certainly should have claimed credit for. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Druggett was a frightening man to me, his clothes always covered in burns and smears, his head wound in a bandage that, he claimed, fastened his brain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whites, I said, often claim that Africans in South Africa were better off than Africans in the rest of the continent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Muslims also claim to have it all figured out. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They clamped a bike lock around his neck and claimed to have lost the key. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Adèle claimed your outward attention for a while; yet I fancied your thoughts were elsewhere: but you were very patient with her, my little Jane; you talked to her and amused her a long time. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t laugh at that and I feel I can claim a minor victory. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But it meant that there was no way for her to claim her wartime achievements as her own. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He wears his pride in his posture, in the way his eyes claim everything they land on. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The talk was she would soon he wed to one of the queen's cousins, so the Lannisters might claim her lands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In Ninth Ward, some folks claim grandchildren when their parents are dead. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were two bedrooms, the larger of which Dad claimed, and a room that tripled as a kitchen, dining room, and living room, meaning that it contained one table, one moth-eaten sofa, and one hotplate. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“No big Magnolia mystery after all. Just another homegrown calamity claiming a thousand small green lives. Faith.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Nor was she likely to back down on her claim that she might tax the colonists any way she pleased. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, she could not claim she had seen the battle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The very concept of injustice rests upon a premise of equal claims, and this boy here today makes no claim upon you. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They believed that children float on logs in the heavens until the spirits of pregnant women claim them. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grampa claimed he was feeling better, but his skin stayed gray and loose, and he hardly ever showed the passion for things that he used to when I was little. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hammond claimed he was innocent, the victim of a political setup. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes; but we must not rest our claims on that distinction. Many counties, I believe, are called the garden of England, as well as Surry.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Malcolm struggled to sit up a bit higher, and found that although his headache had receded, a number of other aches, all over his body, had come out to claim his attention. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Among other things, scientists involved in the case claim that the practice of gene patenting has inhibited their research, and they aim to stop it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And Daenerys Targaryen, whatever else she might be, was still a young girl, as she herself would claim when it pleased her to play the innocent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One or two, on horseback, he claimed had come from the royal court in Westminster, close to London. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, boy, what were you thinking about? If you weren’t thinking, how in the world can you be so sure you saw who you claim you saw?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The creditor’s note was purportedly signed by Roan and was dated “Jany, 1921”; this was important, because it indicated that the note predated efforts to obtain the insurance, giving legitimacy to Hale’s claim. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And there was a pleasure in my services, most full, most exquisite, even though sad—because he claimed these services without painful shame or damping humiliation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I acted excited but later, after dinner, crawled into my parents’ bed, claiming I was too tired to go. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he was now claiming that the artifacts were half a million years old. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Of learning that family is the only home worth claiming. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The second Anna learned from the first and claimed to love sunshine and detest lies. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It is claimed that you can teach your kidneys to change the rate of urine formation, raise or lower your blood pressure, change your heart rate, write different brain waves, at will. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Shigemura taught Hatsue to sit without moving and claimed that she would not mature properly unless she learned to do so for extended periods. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Skepticism about the claims made here is warranted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lizzie claimed that there used to be more, but the Slip Kid had given them permission to head out and form a tribe of their own. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Outlaws used to have principles. You could claim your ship, you could claim your spoils. But the ocean was for all of us.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She’s waiting for the day my dad—ghost or not—claims us both. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Aware that this letter, too, would be read by the authorities, Holmes used it to reinforce, obliquely, his claims of innocence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

All human beings are capable of the sort of intellectual activity that tracking requires, and when we investigate a problem we are engaged, as the realists claim, in a sophisticated version of the same activity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ruby claimed she was tired, though she didn’t look it, and went in early to bed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was innocent, he claimed, and yet he was made to parade through the halls naked and threatened with being put in a mental institution. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even though his wife and the kook claimed that the senility routine was a front, he doubted that she would be able to write a letter like that. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said almost nothing himself, claiming that he didn’t want to influence the findings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In order to make these claims, we believed we would have to explain Operation Mayibuye to the court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t claim that Powell had it all figured out: American history bedevils the most earnest attempts to make sense of it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I claimed that I was going blind from the pain, and I then got sent to lie down in the nurse's office. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Several weeks after the funeral, a man who’d been arrested in Kansas for check forgery sent a letter to Sheriff Freas claiming that he had information concerning Anna’s murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If that game was discounted, he claimed, then he would be the winner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ubiquitous in highlands art, the Andean cross is a stepped shape that some claim is inspired by the Southern Cross constellation and others believe represents the four quarters of the world. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

From 1572 onwards Aristotelian philosophy was facing a crisis from which it could not escape without sacrificing fundamental claims that it had long regarded as unquestionable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

None of the Fugees had heard of a gang called the Africans, and many thought Tito had been bluffing to frighten the American boy when he claimed to be in such a gang. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I crouched there where I had landed for some moments, hands spread upon the turf, reminding myself that I was stealing only from those who claimed to own me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Even were his claim proved to me, still he comes but of the line of Isildur. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But the ones as got a good look claims it had a great fat mouse in its mouth, and it never let go, even when the bullets came after it.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Hamilton did not design his system, as his critics frequently claimed, primarily to enrich the commercial elite. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I have no claim on them, or on any of this. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The blaze did minimal damage, but he filed a claim for $6,000 on a policy acquired by his fictional alter ego, Hiram S. Campbell. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Keav tells me the soldiers claim to love Cambodia and its people very much. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper claimed his favorite spot on the bench, crooning with vigor, as if he’d just gobbled down a Christmas feast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The orchestra claimed that she was unreliable and unprofessional. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I would eat vegetables only if they were canned, and I hated the bright green crunchy ones she steamed and claimed were healthier. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You claim Juno intends for us to work with this—this other group, Camp Half-Blood. Yet the Greeks have been our enemies for eons. They are known for their deceptions.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Someone—I can’t remember who it was—claimed after the lesson that what Miss Emily had said was that Norfolk was England’s “lost corner,” where all the lost property found in the country ended up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would dishonor those I have loved and those I love now to claim anything else. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We read of technical studies claiming to demonstrate inborn differences, and we also read rebuttals claiming that those studies suffer from technical flaws. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The main cause for skepticism was his notorious claim that halfway down the river the Spaniards were attacked by tall, topless women who fought without quarter and lived without men. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But he claimed that his loyalties were divided. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

It was stupid to claim that he needed time to think things over when all he was doing was hiding from a truth he already knew. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But for the past week, Gogol has been in bed, just like his mother, listless, without appetite, claiming to have a stomachache, even vomiting one day into his mother’s pink wastepaper basket. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Plutarch had claimed ‘palpable experience’ of the disempowering effect of garlic upon the magnet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The stupid sofa never changes—just the faces of the grown-ups who come to claim me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Jefferson himself thought in this French fashion, Adams claimed, confusing the seductive prospects envisioned in his imagination with the more limited possibilities history permitted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Some claims were false, she did not doubt, but more were genuine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Conservatives in Washington, DC, claim these phenomena are proof that global warming is and always was a sham. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Thus, there gathered a loud convocation of such of our number as claim familiarity with appropriate rites of burial—a meeting of palaver-men, Christian New Lights, obeah priests, and new-made cunning-workers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Benjamin Rush attacked the mild methods used by Jean Devèze and others, even though he had no real statistics to back his claims. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“More reputable sources claim I used a piece of bar-iron from a nearby table.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He even claimed to have been there on one of his higher flights, and to have seen the everlasting fields of clover and the linseed cake and lump sugar growing on the hedges. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In the space of a moment, he had accepted our claim to ride him, to his being ridden. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In November, the three years would be up on Uncle Chester’s claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

So I had him hanged, and claimed my rights beneath the tree where he was swaying. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The problem, it is claimed, with grand narratives is that they privilege one perspective over another; the alternative is a relativism which holds that all perspectives are equally valid. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But, for whatever reason, he doesn’t question my claim. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I expected to receive instructions on where we should sit on the plane or how we were supposed to claim our luggage when we arrived in Miami. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The owner of the rooming house—which was one of those seething places that often reeked of sex and moonshine—supported Joe and Rose’s claims. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Malfoy had once before claimed he could not play due to injury, but on that occasion he had made sure the whole match was rescheduled for a time that suited the Slytherins better. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“And you claim to be skilled in this so-called art?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Thus the claim that there is a new concept of evidence in the 1660s is mistaken; wherever we look what we find is nothing but the reworking of Quintilian’s distinctions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But Charles could claim her neatness and propensity for order. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed that he was the “supreme being on earth.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Some claimed to have seen with their own eyes this most powerful and beautiful of cats in the jungles of Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the ones the younger kids—the later arrivals to Thurmond—claimed were trying to take down the camp system. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Styx had no more claim on the woods than we did. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eventually, with the concept of a tacit reserve, a principle from moral philosophy is introduced directly into epistemology, establishing a limit to knowledge claims. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On the day he left, his last words were, “When my son is of age, he will come back to claim his bride.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

We used to claim that the roll-call was a waste of time and motion. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, before Poseidon had claimed me, I'd lodged in the Hermes cabin. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They needed friends, not more enemies, yet Robb would never bend the knee in homage to a man he felt had no claim to the throne. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In support of his claim, he offered an exhaustive study of more than two thousand murder cases in Georgia. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I claim them all,” said the Savage at last. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She claimed she did everything out of love.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His claims for his new science were entirely speculative. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If stopped and questioned, he could claim that he was on his way to feed his hogs, which ran free in the woods. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most, I think, assumed Sam was being cruel when she claimed that we had never, ever been friends and never would be. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He’d salvaged boats that crashed in the treacherous Keys, and claimed the cargo—silver, furniture, silk, you name it. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying it’s no accident Poseidon has claimed you now. It’s a very risky gamble, but he’s in a desperate situation. He needs you.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually the citizens of Wethersfield claimed their orders, the merchants from Hartford counted off the barrels of nails and oil and salt and only a handful of idlers still stood about. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The claim still influenced the jury, and the killer was convicted not of the boy’s murder but of firing repeatedly as the boys friends tried to retreat. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Because intensive agriculture has been regarded a prerequisite for complex societies, it has long been claimed that civilizations can arise only in such farm-friendly places. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some people claimed that he was a holy man who had come down from the mountains to save the city in its darkest hour. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

This work held up over time, and the new discovery in his lab provoked by Bohr’s skepticism ultimately enhanced, not diminished, Lawrence’s claim to the Nobel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Sighing, Gabe looked around the clearing on the riverbank, the place he had claimed for his task, the place where he was now spending hours every day. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was more than possessive with his sons, claiming them as if they were parts of himself. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a single living soul she would lay claim to. And even if she did, she didn’t have a fortune to leave.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Dvorak abandoned the Hiawatha project but claimed to have absorbed research he had conducted for it into his musical thinking for the symphony. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It is a big claim, but one that is wholly justified. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They made fun of my short hair, calling me a boy or claiming I had cancer. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Poor Lodovico, he does not seem to have realized that the discovery of America had made ridiculous the claim that one should never venture into the unknown. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The show claimed that when apes and chimps smile it’s only to bare their teeth in a grimace of hate or aggression or terror. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Nelson had taken down two bushbucks, one after the other, and signaled to me that he was going to claim his arrows. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Negro’s experience of the white world cannot possibly create in him any respect for the standards by which the white world claims to live. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The Soviets claimed that, according to the rules, Fischer should have lost the match when he failed to appear on opening day; and only through their benevolence was the contest continuing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The advertising, with a side look at Federal Communications, made few claims except for the fact that the land they were selling was in Florida. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A clamor filled the pavilion, as other men loudly set forth their claims. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He named who he claimed was the real shooter—a man he called “Raoul.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not? Because I’ve had my way with him? Don’t tell me it’s like when we used to lick the spoons to claim our place at table.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When Gretchen's talent was recognized by teachers, both my parents stepped forward to claim responsibility. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“She had a stroke, poor dear, and can’t speak a word. She won’t even have a place to stay when she gets out of here, if no family or friends come to claim her.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The prosecution claimed it was the “calling card” they were looking for to prove Wes was there. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Everybody could tell that he had been hit with rocks and not eaten by a lion as the lying uncles had claimed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Similar criticisms apply to many of the new scholarly claims about Indians, according to Dean R. Snow, an anthropologist at Pennsylvania State University. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’d felt a bit like Noah as I studied the countless boulders scattered across my claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Forest fires in the northern state of Roraima that year claimed such a huge area that Brazil requested aid from the United Nations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As one who had helped to make those political revolutions happen, he claimed to be completely comfortable in stormy weather. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

White men squabbled before judges over claims to this or that tract hundreds of miles away that had been carved up on a map. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Teachers liked to claim that Maybeck didn’t have cliques like other high schools, and it was true that the place was a refuge for kids like Healy who had been bullied in middle school. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It hits me: we’re reading a book about a main character who’s on trial for a crime he claims he didn’t commit. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“It is the gods that will do the claiming. Each of the Pandava brothers had a different divine father. You are about to find out who yours is.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Look at this art! How dare you claim these children are anything less than fully human?’ Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For many people in this world were not who they claimed to be, and evil dwelled where you least expected it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The orchestra claimed that Conant’s “shortness of breath was overhearable” in her performance of the famous trombone solo in Mozart’s Requiem, even though the guest conductor of those performances had singled out Conant for praise. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He remembered the belligerent ants, who claimed their boundaries, and the pacific geese, who did not. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His claims provoked a widespread concern with the replication of his experiments precisely because the viability of Aristotelian orthodoxy was now at stake. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Word had spread that one of his professors at Harvard—the daughter of a managing partner—claimed he was the most gifted law student she’d ever encountered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Write Sun- spear. Doran Martell must know that his sister’s son is still alive and has come home to claim his father’s throne.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was no one there to claim her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She also claims he’s always looking at me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Adams claimed to be fascinated by the new word upon the Common Principle of delight in every Thing We cannot understand.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The tailor he worked for became deathly ill, and word had it that his heirs were planning to claim Jones as bequeathed to them under the tailor’s will and sell him into slavery. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The man then requested that we beat him, so that he might claim he resisted our sortie. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A steady flow of people begins to fill the room, claiming spaces, collecting supplies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Not the growing green of the trees all around, but a dull olive, a color death might wear when it claimed these trees. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Black Twitter’s been going in on Officer Cruise’s dad, claiming his name should be Tom Cruise with that performance he put on. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Recollecting the incident years later, she claims she replied: “I think so.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mother claims I have the manners of a wild animal myself, as I am a tomboy, but I never fail to be respectful of my father’s garden. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had neither refuted nor confirmed Galileo’s claim; they had simply produced an anomaly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I remembered the swirling green trident that had appeared above my head the night of capture the flag, when Poseidon had claimed me as his son. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Another legend claims that we descended from wolves — and that the wolves are our brothers still. It’s against tribal law to kill them. “Then there are the stories about the cold ones.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I know,” he claimed, but he sounded like my sincere words had affected him some. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

You may have noticed that everybody around here claims kin to him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the 1920s, a revived Klan claimed eight million members. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Both Van Gogh and Seurat developed elaborate color systems, one entirely personal in its meaning, the other claiming to be “scientific.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My narrative, while willfully episodic in character—no comprehensive coverage of all events is claimed—follows a chronological line, with one significant exception. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As the British Empire fell, the Afrikaner rose up to claim South Africa as his rightful inheritance. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It then closed the courthouse doors to claims of racial bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nico claimed that he liked to keep watch because he had good eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had already seen in Rob’s mind that despite what they claimed their mission was, they didn’t have any qualms about offing a few kids if it meant getting the ones they wanted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But his main claim to fame was that he nationalized Iran's oil industry. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When they dismissed Archimedes as irrelevant they thought common sense was on their side; and their own experience of the world corresponded exactly to their claims. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If a boiler happened to overheat, my dad claimed to be one of only a few workers with enough experience to swiftly and ably contain a disaster. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Despite they had dirty white handkerchiefs over their faces, Grandpa recognized them right off as the strangers who’d come in the store that morning claiming to be cotton buyers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Dicey thought that if she left the dinghy there it had a good chance of being claimed or returned. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

One claim is that even if the university experts did not discuss painting explicitly, the painters learnt about their theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If she refused they would bear false witness against her, claiming they caught her in the garden with a man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was my father who laughed when I claimed to be tired by reading and writing. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Originally the business had been named the Idaho Gold and Radium Mining Company, after Schnatterly claimed to have found a vein of radium worth millions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I head to the kitchen to claim my reward. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You claim this is a combined quest,” she said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In a correspondence beginning in 1668, Hooke implored him to switch to telescopic sights, but Hevelius stubbornly refused, claiming that he could do just as well with open sights. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

This was the camp Ruth always claimed to side with, and I probably did too. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had good reason, he said, claiming that Frenchmen had killed, cooked, and eaten his father. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father claimed that the storms were worse every year, but Nailer had never seen anything like the monster bearing down on them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In Rome the advocatus diaboli, or devil’s advocate, had been established as early as 1587 to test the evidence adduced in support of the miracles claimed for those proposed for canonization. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Black newspapers were claiming that the Negro Leagues were dead, and that seemed to be the case. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I hear Marie up front, slapping fresh hot pies into boxes and slicing them, and I claim the order, even though it’s not my turn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even after the most substantial meal, he can look you calmly in the eye and claim he could have eaten twice as much. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Arnold insisted that he could protect André, claiming him as an agent working for the Americans. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father had a saying too. Never wound a foe when you can kill him. Dead men don’t claim vengeance.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The competition actually begins tomorrow. And even if you’re as fantastic as you claim to be, you’re going to need every moment of sleep you can get.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But nothing short of a miracle would allow me to finish proving up on the claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Drew silently claimed the bed by the window by throwing his bag on top of it. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

"My father has donned the ancient crown of salt and rock, and declared himself King of the Iron Islands. He claims the north as well, by right of conquest. You are all his subjects." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As outrageous as the claim was, ABI agents appeared to take it seriously. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

During the discussion period, one white man went to the microphone and made the dubious claim that cities with such commissions “suffered more violence than Durham.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

His judgment in the case completely upheld our claim that I had a right to campaign for my political beliefs even though they were opposed to the government, and he dismissed the Law Society’s application. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

College and university administrators could proudly claim that their institutions had yielded, were open to minority groups. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. But some of General Hill’s troops went into Gettysburg this afternoon and claim they saw Union cavalry there.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She claimed she didn’t believe “any of that stuff,” but each time, the charm stayed on long after it was supposed to. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Moss claimed that this was all she could find.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moss used to punish Luke by dunking his head in the bathtub, and one of the adopted kids claimed Mrs. Moss held her head underwater for several minutes until she had trouble breathing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And to think, some idiots claim that the gays have fashion sense. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Rydell lived way down River Road, along the Yazoo, in a dilapidated old house that he claimed had been in Greenwood since before the Civil War. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He thumbed his nose at the relief act meant to help him, as though to claim his home was China was to make China indeed his home. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Pa and Ma talk to my uncle, I quickly claim a seat in the wagon with Chou and Geak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I would read him the letter—reading slowly and pronouncing each word with extreme care—telling him that his claims for a pension had not been substantiated and that his application had been rejected. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Continuing, he described the cabin in which he claimed that the Answer 221 foursome had stayed the night: twin beds, an old Coca-Cola calendar, a radio that wouldn’t play unless the customer deposited a quarter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the smallest boys, unless fruit claimed them, brought little pieces of wood and threw them in. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Destroyed by your kind long ago, in a great war. I am Rowan Goldgale, king of the sand efrits. I will claim your souls as mine.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

One of the corpses was so fat that the ship’s cook had to cut his fingers off with a meat cleaver to claim his rings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Yet, although the philosophers understood him perfectly well, some of them continued to insist that what he and other astronomers claimed to see couldn’t possibly be there. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Actually, the Mississippi River is a treacherous and sinister body of water whose eddies and currents yearly claim many lives. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the nineteenth century it was claimed, in all seriousness, that Columbus’s contemporaries thought the world was flat and expected him to sail over the edge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His biggest claim to helpfulness so far had been changing into a weasel to escape from an underground workshop, and even that had been Leo’s idea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Their account would claim my brothers first, then it would spread to my aunts, uncles, cousins, the whole valley. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Why should he and everyone else respect this little girl’s claim just because her grandmother had kicked the dirt over once? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The trees edged in and threatened to claim the very road. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The audience in the Capitol will be getting bored, claiming that these Games are verging on dullness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was beginning to occur to me to question the logic of the claim itself. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They claimed that their results were reliable anyway. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He claims that the knife fell through a hole in his pocket sometime between eleven thirty and three fifteen while he was on his trip to the movies and that he never saw it again. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could I, after going without pork and smoking no cigarettes for a while, claim some physical trouble that could bring about my release? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my visits to the homes of policyholders to collect premiums, I was accompanied by the superintendent who claimed to the policyholder that he was making a routine inspection. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t claim it makes sense. It’s just something I do.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t even claim her if she was my moms,” Char says, taking out deodorant. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He just claimed the fleabag and even took the plastic cat carrier that the old lady offered. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Tree- ear could read their thoughts—This scrawny scarecrow of a child claims a royal appointment? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The secretive caller informed Morse that whatever attacks had taken place on the American destroyers had hardly been, as the president claimed, “unprovoked.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We joined the stream of people claiming their baggage. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The discussion of experience/experiment claims that the English vocabulary fosters empiricism, while the French vocabulary is at odds with it; this would also seem to be true in this case. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was only very slowly that the first won out over the second in the claim to the definite article. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Grandma claims he’s been a dentist for like forty years, and whenever he pulls a tooth from someone famous, he saves it. Then he sells ’em to people. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“And he claims he can’t believe that I’m dating a musician.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was working on several of these cases, including one in Gadsden, Alabama, where jail officials claimed that a thirty-nine-year-old black man had died of natural causes after being arrested for traffic violations. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The food was already being passed around, and the boys hurried to claim a share while Eric introduced us as we each entered the driftwood circle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There weren’t even sufficient remains for an inquest, though the rival undertaker found enough to claim the fee for a burial. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“They do, however, claim that we are not cultivated and refined to the same extent. To remove this impression, the thought and work of this bureau has been mostly bent from the start.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The soul, Descartes claimed, is unique to rational human beings; animals have no soul and no capacity to reason. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He claimed science as his religion and then argued that the planets must be inhabited because otherwise God had made worlds for nothing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dell claimed that he felt bad about this, but oddly it seemed that Mai and I felt much worse. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The biggest hostage was six-and-a-half feet tall but had a baby’s face; the smallest was a runty boy who claimed nine years but looked no more than six. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The more anxious we are about eating, the more likely we are to listen to claims from food marketers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Here were even more—centuries’ worth of hidden wealth from every empire that had ever claimed this land—Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and so many others. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We know that people released from prison face a lifetime of discrimination, scorn, and exclusion, and yet we claim not to know that an undercaste exists. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A scuffle ensued, and Zimmerman shot and killed him, claiming self-defense. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"The Red Sword," the Bull named it; he claimed it looked like a sword, the blade still red-hot from the forge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was always eager for news of Caroline, who was prospering in Baltimore as the Prophet Jeremiah claimed only the wicked do. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That request had peeved Dad, who claimed that we Oregonians suffer eight months of rain a year and should be exempt from ever worrying about water conservation. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not an uppercase G, a lowercase g, or any kind of G, so why is he claiming that life? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The wolf claimed all that was below him as his own, took Brian as his own. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Arnold, claiming that his old wounds still kept him from battle duty, successfully pleaded for command of West Point. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Frank hoped he would be claimed on the Feast of Fortuna, though from what Juno had said, they’d be in a battle for their lives on that day. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were not arts, and it would have been incomprehensible to claim then, as we do now, that philosophy belongs with the arts, not the sciences. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hines cooked special food for him and claimed he was growing so fast because of her pureed beets. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

State officials added five more years to Joe's sentence because they claimed to have miscalculated his "good time." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And they claimed it was all just a series of good-natured pranks. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’d left Iowa rather than work for lantha Wells, but to save my claim, I might have to hire out to the Smith Rooming House. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lateshia stumbled through an answer, claiming that she was defending herself. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe Tim had wanted her to die so her father could cry and claim that his bill could have saved her life. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Fierce winters helped drive the Vikings from Greenland and led to bad harvests that exacerbated social tensions in continental Europe, but few would claim that the little ice age caused the Reformation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As the nineteenth century ran out, more and more of the continent was mapped and described by navigators from around the world—although Antarctica claimed many ships as payment. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She inquires at the desk but they claim they have no such person listed as a guest. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Commandant has probably claimed them by now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Due process had been violated, Korematsu claimed, along with other constitutional rights. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Knighthood is easily claimed this far from Westeros. Are you prepared to defend that boast with sword or lance?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They began squabbling with each other, and one filed a civil suit against the other about who could claim the money. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Bobby had nothing to back up his claim and could only refer to various Holocaust denial books. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If they prevailed in that race—and only if they did so—they could claim supremacy in the West. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But she always claimed she had done whatever it was she'd done to gain ground for us all. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Folks that heard me tell that story claim the fish gets bigger every year. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she’d returned law and order to the town she claimed she didn’t give two hoots about. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tells Mam at last that she can have the public assistance but if she gets a single penny from her husband she’s to drop all claims and give the money back to the Dispensary. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But patents do not last for ever, and they give you a claim only within a particular jurisdiction. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He and Garrett and I have claimed a table in the corner of the library. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Yet the strong anthropic principle would claim that this whole vast construction exists simply for our sake. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found many things, and when her father advertised in the weekly Courier about the cross no one ever claimed it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Death was not kind or glorious; it was not the Lord’s kiss that claimed Aaron and Moses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At one time it was discovered that she was writing letters to the Bishop, whom she claimed as a first cousin, but it was never said whether she received any reply. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He reached across the table and poured a black substance he claimed was coffee from a stained old enamel pot and smiled, a flash of incredibly white dentures in the old, brown leather face. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I could have any star I wanted, Dad said, except Betelgeuse and Rigel, because Lori and Brian had already laid claim to them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle who had painted the pony claimed he had seen a UFO come down over that very same hill before the drive-in was built. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He trailed after her along the coast of Greece, with one-quarter of his fleet following behind, leaving his men to protect his interests, defend his claim, and die in battle without him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Years after the War of the Worlds broadcast, Orson Welles claimed that he always intended it to scare people. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was waiting for them, theirs to use and claim. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A smarter girl than me might have wobbled a bit at the thought of heading west to prove up a claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Try claiming an idea is yours just because you told it to someone down the pub. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Madrina claims that she was a beauty queen back in her day in San Juan. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The assailant was a neighbor who claimed the killings were motivated by a parking dispute he had had with the students. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

‘It may be well enough for this lord of the race of Gondor, as he claims,’ he said, ‘but who has heard of a horse of the Mark being given to a Dwarf?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Nixon claimed to be unconcerned by the protest and spent the day at the White House meeting with four of his top advisors. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Court openly worried that other actors in the criminal justice system might also face scrutiny for allegedly biased decision making if similar claims of racial bias in the system were allowed to proceed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Your comments about the lecture showed a very petty jealousy I didn't expect from someone who claims to be so broad and noncommitted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, when he told this story, he’d claim that the only sightseeing he did was to make a trip back to the bridge, in better weather, to have his picture taken. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at this person who claims to be my brother. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Something to let them know they can't claim me like that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Arm realized he had claimed her without thinking, and whatever spirits listened to such things had made it true. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Disease and malnutrition, not to mention the biting winter that year, which Ridgeway himself remembered without fondness, claimed thousands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He claimed it was a waste of power to use the electric lamps just for him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This gave rise to a further dispute as to whether Leibniz had arrived at his theories, as he claimed, independently, or had cobbled them together on the basis of a reading of the Principia. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s to remove any legal basis on which this man Deckard could claim he hadn’t killed anyone; he only ‘retired an android.’” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Ruth and I were remembering all this a few years ago, she claimed there were dozens of these magazines circulating around the Cottages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s Friday night and I’m spread out on the couch watching a daytime talk show I’d recorded about second cousins claiming to be telepathic. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Jefferson and Madison claimed to share their apprehensions and their political principles, but not their secessionist impulses. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was ludicrous for white middle-class students to claim social oppression. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mong claimed the wood was perfect, we cooked the hot dogs and ate and drank more. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Gorbachev also claimed to want to see an end to the Cold War. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Detective Jeremiah Mollson, one of the few African members of the Special Branch, claimed to recall lines verbatim from ANC speeches that he attended. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one has claimed your favored spot, old friend. Settle in. We will see you at moonrise.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He claimed to view Bobby as a surrogate son. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He flipped through all our passports, holding the picture page up to us to check that we were, in fact, who the United States Department of State claimed we were. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He made no move to defend himself or to deny the claim. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Washington laid claim to the honor on grounds it was the center of government, New York because it was the center of everything. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It made me love burrowing into psychology, into realistic and naturalistic fiction and art, into those whirlpools of politics that had the power to claim the whole of men’s souls. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Courts also had rejected claims that crack sentencing laws were racially discriminatory, largely on the grounds that the Supreme Court’s decision in McCleskey v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But it is only a little exaggeration to claim that everywhere that liberty is cherished—Britain to Bangladesh, Sweden to Soweto—people are children of the Haudenosaunee and their neighbors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

No, Red’s had exclusive claim to the residents of the dormitories with a hankering for drink and dance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Looking around, I wondered why Halliday, who always claimed to have had a miserable childhood, had later become so nostalgic for it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I learn that one of our owners is a Scientologist; another proudly claims descent from one of the same Scottish clans my own ancestors belonged to. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will you come along with us, or are you going to cooperate with the Government in its efforts to suppress the claims and aspirations of your own people? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, as anyone who lived through the 1920s will know, is an absurd claim. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To claim that there existed a substance with no measurable attributes was, he maintained, to turn physics into a fantastical story, like Don Quixote. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Jarvis claims her sister is a legitimate dowser, and can find water for a “nominal fee.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Colonel. Colonel, he claims you gave him that plum tomato. Did you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Surely it would be pride to claim a calling at my young age! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to relegate Christianity to the level of folklore, so I could deal with its fantastic claims about the nature of man and sin. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed that Charles said that human beings had developed from oysters. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The prosecuting attorney claims that you were not very cooperative at the time of your sentencing, and I don't find you terribly cooperative at present." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The older boys always took the dry center of the upper field for their ball games, while the girls claimed the small top section for hopscotch and jump rope and hanging around talking. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

No one, in fact, can lay claim with certainty to his own mind with anything like the specificity stipulated by fingerprints or tissue antigens. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It finally ended in defeat in April 1939, when the patent office rejected the claims finally and decisively based on the prior publications by Cockcroft and Walton and by Lewis, Lawrence, Livingston, and Henderson. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She gave Chaol a quick glance, daring him to challenge her claim, but Dorian answered. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Or I could call Hailey and Maya, those girls Kenya claims don’t count as my friends. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then the trail, the frustration, claimed' him again and he searched the ground avidly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

So when the Asians started trying to claim parts of the ’hood, we had to set them straight. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If you can beat my Shawn, I’d love to claim you as a student.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

My dad was waiting for us in baggage claim, standing amid all the limo drivers in suits holding signs printed with the last names of their passengers: JOHNSON, BARRINGTON, CARMICHAEL. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I stand before the sinks in the women's bathroom on the newly claimed Dauntless floor, a gun resting on my palm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hope Strider or someone will come and claim us! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Fault was found with my reading and writing; it was claimed that I was swelling the electric bill. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if he persisted in his claims that he needed no numbing agent?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Eric nearly collapsed, and Jesse mustered all his well- honed phone skills with the telephone company, talking his way past the first rank to a supervisor, then claiming he was misled. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One user, CaptainOverpants, claimed to work in Mr. Griswold’s hospital and said that Mr. Griswold was still in a coma and had been secretly moved to hospice care because he was dying. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then he could repress the Negro violently and claim it was only self-defense. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we might want to claim that it is the book—or rather, in this case, the well-stocked library—that transforms the status of experiment; by crystallizing past knowledge, the library makes new knowledge possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The autopsy report claimed that the channel of pus formed as a result of infection caused by the tiny splintered bones broken off by the bullet. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Emily ran past Matthew’s claimed room to see the leftover bedroom. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When he first joined the army, he kept to himself, convinced that someone would surely realize he wasn’t who he claimed to be. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was the most mothering we got, if you don’t count her coming to claim us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cute as they are, it’s never safe to claim those two until you have the full report. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This must be my cue to name a few names, because this is how Ted operates, my coworkers claim—through snitches and by setting up one woman against another. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kit sat helpless, her cheeks on fire, and then the laughter and the cheering left her giddy as William stepped resolutely forward to claim his forfeit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When this fails— think the patrician George H. W. Bush’s claimed affinity for pork rinds, or any Democratic candidate at an NRA meeting—the result is often highly comical, if not cringe-inducing. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hope you don’t mind, but I opened it and I claimed the mermaid as my own. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I have at no time and to no person...claimed the credit for the winning of the Gordon Lim case,” she pointed out. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My mind races from the events in the square, to Day’s appearance on the rooftop, to Day’s outrageous claims about the plague and the Trial, and then back to Thomas. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Walter's claim against Monroe County for Sheriff Tate's misconduct could not be settled, so we appealed the case to the U.S. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If Sister Mukumbu had met us at the airport, we would have felt welcomed as she stepped forward to claim us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one, it seemed, was sure where Nuer land ended and Dinka land began, so each tribe tried to lay claim to the areas richest in water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then someone asked CaptainOverpants if he could verify his claim and he said no, and then a bunch of people started jumping on him for fanning the flames of rumors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It is worth noting, then, that there is no record of anyone ever having claimed that Gilbert’s experimental results could not be replicated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had claimed we were a team, yet never bothered to open my letters, didn’t care what I had to say. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This could have been the forerunner of the kind of chronometer that would have been accurate and dependable enough to determine longitude at sea, and Hooke claimed to have worked out how to achieve this. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

We have a little set in the office at the back of the house, and if I’d been really eager I could have gone in there to claim my front-row seat for the war. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Laila felt like she was no better than these pots and pans, something that could go neglected, then laid claim to, at will, whenever the mood struck. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Grog had fared even worse, racing thirty-seven times before being claimed for a paltry $ 1,500. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is like so many regimes in which, to this day, a tyrant claims he is helping the people while he jails his opponents and robs his nation. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m not trying to come at you,” Hype claims. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Where whites claimed to be acting prudently and thoughtfully, blacks perceived delaying tactics. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was quick to claim my trophy, though, heading home that afternoon with my head up and one of those gold-foil stars stuck on my shirt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She rode for many days through the deepest parts of the Wood, and at last, driven by her desire to claim Rois’s heart, she found the crystal gates leading to Taninli. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Supposedly she kidnapped children. People claimed they saw her bringing children to her house late at night, stuff like that.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was clear that Chapman had looked more deeply into the case than he had initially claimed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The annual arrival of the hummingbears was our village’s claim to fame. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Shay sometimes claimed that she didn’t care if she ever got the operation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The FBI had been quick to claim full credit in the newspapers for capturing South America’s spies, as well as for breaking the Doll Woman’s codes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One man claimed his boots, another his dagger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Is it more strained than claims that the skepticism of onlookers systematically prevents the occurrence of certain paranormal phenomena? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is supposed to be on the company health plan by now, but they claim to have lost her application form and to be beginning the paperwork all over again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this claim is substantially correct, the implications for racial justice advocacy are profound. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

What I remember is that there was this discreet agreement among us all not to quiz each other too much about our claims. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that, the story went, is how man claimed ascendency over the world that was Zeru, while the demons were stricken from it by the angels. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Though he spoke with a dignified and mournful clarity, he had but one contribution to make that was relevant to a claim of temporary insanity. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Myers claimed to have committed the Vickie Pittman murder under the direction of another local sheriff; he laid out to us a widespread conspiracy involving police, drug dealing, and money laundering. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Any person who claims to have deep feeling for other human beings should think a long, long time before he votes to have other men kept behind bars—caged. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each rumble lasted about twenty seconds, with both claiming victory. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When Hamlet was bom. and I revealed his father’s name, Bishop Garamond believed my claim that I had fled Denmark for my safety and that of my child. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“How will we know if one of the gods is claiming us?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Just give me my shout-out onstage and we good,” he claims. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He claims it was because Harriett liked being someone’s girlfriend on Instagram more than she actually liked him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

This claim would spark a belief that still seethes to this day, especially among urban blacks, that the CIA itself was the chief sponsor of the American crack trade. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I can’t go into a lot of details—Ms. Ofrah told me not to—but I tell her we did everything One-Fifteen asked and never once cussed at him like his father claims. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

You will hear many of his Death Eaters claiming that they are in his confidence, that they alone are close to him, even understand him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I gathered from the argument, which was getting pretty loud, that the farmer was mad about the amount Mr. Tuttle had offered to settle the claim against the railroad. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The next day, Governor Mifflin claimed he wasn’t feeling well and headed for his country home far from the fouled air of the state house. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

She claimed that white men carried in their hearts a secret lust for pure young Japanese girls. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, Schaffer’s claims were accepted as confirming a by-then-well-established theory of how science works—that it works not through evidence, but through power and persuasion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Herr Becker was referring to the Nazis’ claim that the riots were an unplanned uprising in retaliation for the murder of a high-ranking Nazi official by a Jew. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our family structures are larger and more inclusive; anyone who claims descent from a common ancestor is deemed part of the same family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claims that the abbot assigned him his role because of his zeal for eradicating sinful thoughts from children’s heads. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Eventually, even the Urban League came to take the claims of genocide seriously. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He toured the country, mesmerizing crowds with thundering calls for black people to shake off the undermining ghetto stereotypes and claim their long-denied political power. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This was an extraordinary claim that promised to rewrite fundamental laws of physics, backed up by extensive results from the cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This argument involves denying that scientific claims are ever adopted because they fit the evidence better than the alternatives. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the late fifteenth century, as European explorers sailed to unfamiliar places, their actions and beliefs were guided by the Doctrine of Discovery—the idea that European nations could claim the foreign lands they “discovered.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

‘Orion, you claim to be strong. Yet you couldn’t keep the vows of the Hunt. You died rejected. And now you’re running errands for your mother. So tell me again, how exactly are you threatening?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Van Ness claimed to have revisited the ledge the following day and found the severed branch of a cedar tree about twelve feet high and four feet to the side of where Burr had stood. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

James claims that if I knock it out of the park, a big contract is as good as mine. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dussel felt I had no right to talk as if he were an intruder laying claim to everything in sight. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Clavius’s argument here is identical with that of modern realists who claim that science must approximate to the truth, otherwise it would not be able to make successful predictions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Bruno Latour, in an important essay entitled ‘Visualization and Cognition: Drawing Things Together’, which originally appeared in 1986, claimed that the printing press made facts ‘harder’; before printing, facts were too soft to be reliable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Though he was not in danger of being enslaved in France, he suffered through a series of conflicts with others who claimed they had invented his process. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Finn being Finn, he claimed this meant his hair had superpowers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

That’s how Sima felt in England as her daughter claimed to be a Christian just days before they went back to Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The man claimed that he was there to find out what time he should start work digging a gutter for Mrs. Surratt in the morning. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a perverted idea of family loyalty....They claim faith, but this is not what the gospel teaches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Even though he had his own hut farther up the mountain, Yishan claimed the seat by the fireplace in Pinmei’s hut as his own. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He claimed to have witnessed the incident with his own eyes, and I remember how upset he became one morning when Mitchell Sanders challenged him on its basic premise. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to state a claim of selective prosecution, they are required to offer in advance the very evidence that generally can be obtained only through discovery of the prosecutor’s files. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The number of Americans who panicked was likely far fewer than one million, the number claimed by the Princeton study. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

So Julie would spend Sunday afternoon sulking and Bri would spend it gasping and claiming she was fine, and Alex would have to act sympathetic, when all he wanted to do was run. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Though he claims that by justice the bird is his, by the law of the land it belongs to Simon’s father, since it was captured on his land. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra wanted everyone to understand—and remember— that she had his blessing in claiming her place as pharaoh. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s claim that he was an American citizen and had a right to make a phone call was ignored. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had offered to sit in the back, but Brandon claimed it for himself. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were no camels anywhere in sight, despite what Fatty Bolger might have claimed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Out of my jurisdiction; another bounty hunter from another police department will retire Polokov and claim the money. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

If she got money from tourists, she would claim that she had found it in the park or on the sidewalks. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Holmes apologized, claiming a dire need for money, and was so persuasive and abject that even Belknap felt mollified, although his distrust of Holmes persisted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Lewis Isbel, a black barber who claimed to have shaved the city’s first mayor and President Abraham Lincoln, talked about his work with pride. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He claimed he was never violent to my mother and loved Luke and me very much. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He speared iguanas and roasted them on open fires, claiming that their meat was tastier than chicken. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If anyone had a responsible solution to this problem, Jackson claimed to be receptive. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Not only did variation and dip diverge from place to place, but in 1634 a group of English experimenters claimed that variation fluctuated over time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Grandpa settled in behind his large desk, Dale and Maddox claimed the oversized armchairs, Lena leaned against the windowsill, and Kendra and Seth found seats on the floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They carry ponchos, duffels, crates; a few tote brightly colored suitcases claimed from who knows where. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a relief, that one small entry, the one myth among hundreds that claimed the existence of good vampires. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And to a man who claimed he hated tyranny. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Asleep in my chambers. Her Grace does not allow Ghost in her presence. She claims he scares the princess. And so long as Borroq and his boar are about, I dare not let him loose.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And then, is there anyone in the Cleveland area to identify and claim the body? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Might white voters lie to pollsters, claiming they will vote for the black candidate in order to appear more color-blind than they actually are? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

"Smart, yes. Empathic, absolutely. But the other children performed miracles. At least, so you all claim." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He claims he bought it as a present for a friend of his. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ruse that will get him in the door is a fake bottle of medication, which Powell will claim was sent by Seward’s physician. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A false claim would have been considered criminal activity and would have been grounds to deny our adjustment-of-status application and deport us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah I do. Hell, I get you. Walking around here, claiming you ain’t a gangster no more, claiming you trying to change stuff, but still following all’a that ‘don’t snitch’ mess. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As for Bear, remembering what he had said, I claimed him for my father. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Enough money or not, I would make it—prove up Uncle Chester’s claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

At present, the earliest unquestioned evidence for humans in Europe stems from around half a million years ago, but there are claims of an earlier presence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Trip gave me a belt knife with a leather grip, claiming that all boys should have something they can hurt themselves with. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You claim this child whom you sired against our sacred oath?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed the Machine’s answer had been different the first time. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She made me promise that we wouldn’t tell anybody about Dad’s death because Uncle Myron would claim that she was an unfit parent and seek custody. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was only then that Inigo allowed the darkness to claim him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She claimed that the snowball incident was an accident—not anyone’s fault. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“The Oakland Police Department has access to stuff I never knew existed. They claim that they get a lot of it from the federal government. Surplus from all our country’s military spending or something.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After a week, Dana Matherson’s nose was still slightly purple and puffy, though it definitely wasn’t protruding from the center of his forehead, as Garrett had claimed. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rode claiming races with as much zeal as he rode the Santa Anita Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, he claimed to feel “no ill-will to Col. Burr, distinct from political opposition, which, as I trust, has proceeded from pure and upright motives.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

All claimed to recall a better rite, and none would brook the others’. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In case of attack, Tisquantum claimed, he could respond with an equal number of Indian troops—and the Pilgrims, who might be able to intimidate the enemy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Oh, they just killed people right and left, he claimed, and then they’d put the skulls of their favorite enemies into their household decor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve outed a traitor, reestablished our claim on Fifth Harbor, and I don’t have a scratch on me. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Would I get an attorney who would take such a claim seriously? Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Courts are deeply resistant to reviewing claims once a condemned prisoner has completed the appeals process the first time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was the other part of the requirement for proving up on my claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Rashid claimed Z had headed for California, but no one else had heard from Z. No one knew what to believe. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He claims such ignorance gives each dish life, makes it more than the sum of its parts. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The main charge levied against Washington was that he had made himself into a quasi king: “We have given him the powers and prerogatives of a King,” claimed one New York editorial. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

All of which prompted him to begin, also without any evidence, to start publicly announcing the names of individuals he claimed were Communists. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I always knew they would come back and claim me to do some good for somebody. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe Apollo would claim him today and explain his powers and gifts. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As soon as Mr. Neely finished explaining safety precautions, we both hurried over to claim the lab table in the far back. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He could choose which shattered fragment he would claim as his own. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately this pill only helps a little bit. I don't know why they claim it does more.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

At the Rad Lab, every researcher claimed or was assigned an element from the periodic table as an experimental target, with the most senior staffers getting the most promising substances. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He claimed, hoarsely, “Red! I’m so glad to see you! ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you claim is not rightfully ours, beggar?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Buster’s claim that his dog could read was hyperbole. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the part about Sammy—that was still too painful to say out loud—but she told them about Gaea’s offer of a fake life, and the goddess’ claim that she’d captured her brother Nico. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When Bud Lawrence saw the article about the new word, he had his lawyer file a preliminary trademark claim on the word frindle. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing could be assured, but I explained to Walter that we were only just now getting to a court where our claims would be seriously considered. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Party claimed, of course, to have liberated the proles from bondage. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But they claimed later they went to remind Cold Sassy in general and the Methodists in particular that God loves sinners and forgives them, “and we ought to, too.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Americans were able to take seriously, say, the woman business executive’s claim to be the victim of social oppression. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of people will claim to be both, but those people miss the point entirely: You are predisposed to either one fate or the other. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But by claiming that the Jesuits dealt in fairy tales while he dealt in facts, Galileo was storing up more trouble for himself in Rome. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I told him that the pound kept dogs for three days so that their owners could come and claim them and that after that they did with them as they saw fit. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He claims that he stayed home until eleven thirty and then went to one of those all-night movies. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Irishman staked a claim, opened a brick factory on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River, and made a fortune on the Northwest’s turn-of-the-century construction boom. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swirling over Tyson was a glowing green trident—the same symbol that had appeared above me the day Poseidon had claimed me as his son. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he asked her about the wardrobe change, she claimed she had realized how practical these clothes were after making some for Leo. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Verifying that claim is beyond the purview of this book. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I gave thirty-five years' service to Lord Darlington; one would surely not be unjustified in claiming that during those years, one was, in the truest terms, 'attached to a distinguished household'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed that during this tussle Lyon struck him on the head with a schoolbook. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Civil rights advocates offered no balm for the wound, publicly resisting calls for class-based affirmative action and dismissing claims of unfairness on the grounds that whites had been enjoying racial preferences for hundreds of years. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

At first sight, Pascal’s claim that progress has been continuous seems nonsense: we would accumulate experience from generation to generation only if we had a reliable way of recording and transmitting it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Alvarez claimed that “this was the first time I had ever heard anyone in my life say that Dr. Oppenheimer was not to be trusted.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

All the while, in their quest for clicks and ratings, news outlets—particularly the more conservative ones—were gleefully pumping oxygen into his groundless claims. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He would never measure himself, but everybody whispered he must be over seven feet tall, and he would never step on a scale, but people claimed he weighed four hundred. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

George Wallace still fought integration fiercely from the governor’s office, claiming each state should have the right to decide what was best for its citizens. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The hunter’s friends were astonished at this claim. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Some claimed it was the grave of the First King, who had led the First Men to Westeros. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Michael and I put a petition together that asserted all of these claims, including police and prosecutorial misconduct, and filed it in the Monroe County Circuit Court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The old flatbed ferryboat had been functional just the day before, the commerçant claimed, but now it bobbed listlessly on the opposite shore in spite of his piercing whistles and waving arms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I feel good—necessary and tired and alive. julijonas Urbonas, the man who thought up the Euthanasia Coaster, claims it’s engineered to “humanely—with elegance and euphoria—take the life of a human being.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Connor and I claim the bed closest to the windows; Mom and Jack take the bed closer to the door. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then some of the women in their greed began to claim to have more children than they had, and nonexistent relatives, and there were jealousies and spite and bitter argument. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speaker was one of the slaves she had claimed, the heavy, flat-nosed woman who had blessed her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Just after World War II, beginning in the Baltic port city of Danzig and spreading through central Europe, there was an epidemic of PCP that claimed the lives of thousands of small children. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He outwitted the Nazis by claiming we were essential to the war effort even though he knew that many of us, myself included, had no useful skills at all. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

"Are you claiming that the Crown is three million gold pieces in debt?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At sentencing, the judge based the drug quantity calculation on testimony from the informant and another witness, who both claimed they bought crack from Marcus on other occasions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Women with accents that weren’t Puerto Rican claimed they were so that they could reap the benefits of American citizenship. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But this synthesis is apparent in many other aspects of the culture, too, as would be expected in a place where as much as three-quarters of the population claims some Indian descent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Chamberlin claimed later that this attorney had been so angry at having his recommendation rebuffed that he tipped Holmes to the fact the creditors were again leaning toward arrest. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We waited and one day they came to bid us farewell, carrying their possessions, with their children trailing behind, all but the eldest, whom the tannery had claimed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The postmodernists were not the first to challenge the claim that knowledge of matters of fact is true knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

X-Ray claimed it was shorter than the others, but if it was, it was only by a fraction of an inch. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There were widespread rumors of cannibalism, with claims that some children hanging around the station were drugged, killed, and butchered for meat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Beijing refuses to allow defectors to make claims for asylum and prevents the office of the U.N. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She was intensely worried about her daughter bringing a son into America, because she could not save him, she could not secure his body from the ritual violence that had claimed her son. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When I at last got the truth out of him, I saw at once that he had been trying to put his claim to the ring beyond doubt. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It seemed that each wanted to claim the silver cup. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they’re as concerned about this matter as they claim, then let them judge the evidence in the case and cease using the case as manufactured evidence to wage war against segregation. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Not at all. The only claim my family has to hybridization is right there," he said, pointing to Margaret. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why would the Council of Defense bother me about my claim? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Others claimed Los Alamos was home for pregnant military personnel—or possibly a nudist colony. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started wishing the woman in the tattered green dress would come back and claim her twins. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The man was not as skilled a rider as he claimed— none of the ironmen were much good in the saddle—but there'd been time enough. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“She is constantly nauseated and claims she vomits everything she eats.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Or was he, as some historians claim, merely trying to understand the nature of hybridity in peas? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The article claimed King’s decision “to divert the energies of the civil rights movement to the Vietnam issue is both wasteful and self-defeating.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Eventually, they fell in love, and though she claimed they never acted on their feelings, they decided that they couldn't live without each other. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t even reached the baggage claim and he had his arm around me, needling my sister with his embarrassing behavior. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

One had a great array of slaves; and at length, we decided to approach one, claiming that we had newly run away, and request he bring us clothing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A second theory claimed that it had to do with the comparatively high level of literacy in the state. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We followed the signs pointing to the baggage claim area, where we expected to find Pa and Big Ma, and somewhere during all that running we began to laugh. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nothing could have been better calculated to activate all of Jefferson’s interior antennae, since his primacy as the author of the Declaration was his major claim to everlasting fame. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Galen had claimed that the hand of a healthy doctor was the perfect instrument for judging hot and cold, wet and dry—the four qualities that made up the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"You don't work. One group claims women support you. Another group claims you're impotent." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon, some news reports claimed that Garfield had passed away. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We needed every ear of that corn if we wanted to make good on our homestead claim. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And as he claimed this his voice grew warm and he forgot to squabble with his children and he was full of plans and activity. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“People driving through here at night claim to see ghosts, especially at those turns below the power plant,” I said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She claims there is a fire-breathing paper dragon somewhere in the tent, and though Bailey believes her, he has difficulty reconciling in his head the idea of paper that breathes fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They all claimed they hadn’t been in here very long, a few days, a few weeks at most. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Sources close to the Hipwell investigation” claim an allegation has been made that Megan “may have been involved in the unlawful killing of her own child” ten years ago. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You may now give your dog a pill which, it is claimed, will rid him of fleas by making his blood poisonous to them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He claimed that my mother had brainwashed me into hating my father. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Tom doesn’t even belong in the family. He’s here only because El Patron refuses to give things up once he’s laid claim to them.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed that nothing he had seen in Paris, Rome, or London was as perfect as the Court of Honor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then they went inside, to get more beer, they claimed. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oika Shipping Company claims all cargo absolutely licit and not aware of any officer or crew problems. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was near blind and could not see the comet, yet she claimed she could smell it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That, yes. But also living in factions. The Allegiant claim that we’re meant to be in factions because we’ve been in them since the beginning.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Bobby claimed that he lost a sizable amount in the transaction. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He claims he prefers her because she doesn’t snore. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when we free Thanatos,” Percy said, “he might claim your life. And Hazel’s. Believe me, I’ve been thinking about it.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The conductor let his arms fall limply at his sides and stood quite still as darkness claimed the forest. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

And this is not an argument that affirmative action has made no difference in the lives of poor or working-class African Americans—as some have claimed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Your preserve, is it? I object to your claims of ownership.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In fifth grade, he claimed that Rihanna was his cousin and that his mom was on the road with her, working as her hairstylist. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

This continued until the time I tried to take her and she claimed it wouldn’t count because I’d slid my piece up to hers in too straight a line. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward Rattleshirt claimed some charred bones, while the others threw dice for the ranger's gear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Secular institutions lack the key; they have no basis for claiming access to the realm of the private. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus witches often claim to be responsible for events that would have happened anyway. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Aunt Maggie was not even allowed to see his body nor was she able to claim any of his assets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, why not? After all, he claims to be almost like a father to me. Anyway, his tales amuse me.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And the people of Eyllwe were being kidnapped in the night and sold into slavery, right along with the rebels that rumor claimed Nehemia supported so fiercely. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After a hard fall from the rigging twenty years before, he’d claimed he could predict the duration of a storm by the ache in his bones. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When Joe raised the idea in the NEC the next day there were some who firmly objected, claiming that we were giving de Klerk’s supporters a reward but not our own people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year, a few of those new claims really do appear convincing and exciting when initially announced. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

To add insult to injury, the FBI claimed in public that their success was due to their own code breakers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He claimed that it hurt his lungs to breathe there. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

No telling what they’d say about her going off to New York unchaperoned with a man she claimed she wasn’t really married to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Herold told Booth the details he knew of what had happened at the Seward residence: The trick of claiming Powell was a messenger from a doctor had worked perfectly. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His victim was his ex-lover, but he claimed to have been falsely convicted—“because I just happen to be poor, black, and gay,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could get a better price for my old stockings. Every old man in America drags his rusty sword around and claims he ran it through a hundred British. It’s a piece of junk.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My own memory of it is that Tommy was always known for his temper, even in the Infants, but he claimed to me they only began after the teasing got bad. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I have never believed the brothers who claim to “run,” much less “own,” the city. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

De Klerk called for an urgent meeting with me and read to me from documents he claimed had been confiscated in the raid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

King George II, ignoring French claims to the Ohio River valley, had given permission for colonizing the area to the Ohio Company, a group of Virginia landowners and London merchants. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you claim Bigger Thomas is insane, the State will demand a jury trial. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

João de Barros was able to claim in 1555 that Hercules’ pillars, ‘which he set up at our very doorstep, as it were,...have been effaced from human memory and thrust into silence and oblivion’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You keep saying ‘claiming,’ but what are we claiming, exactly?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mother and Father claim I will never feel that cold again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Let us say that the Muslims were to achieve the possession of the six or seven states that they claim are owed to Negroes by the United States as “back payment” for slave labor. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

There has to be some space, finally, that I claim as mine, even in this time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of an omnipotent creator God may help in formulating a theory of laws of nature, but it seems wrong to claim that it is a necessary precondition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t be angry—he would accept my claims that it was the sun in my eyes— but he wouldn’t want to come to the zoo any more. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The reference to Descartes is simply there to put Hooke in his place by suggesting that the priority Hooke claims actually belongs to Descartes. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“If you choose to drown in loneliness, go ahead, but don’t claim she wasn’t our sister. We’re not just friends, we’re family.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

These were Wrangler, and he rarely wore them because the others were Levi’s, which he claimed were better, but he’d kept the Wranglers for years anyway. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His lawyer claimed the police were harassing people in the neighborhood, trying to drum up shaky evidence and confessions. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“And you are proving up on a claim. On your own.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was sure I hadn’t done nothing that no one could claim was conjuring. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Sinita claimed that someone else had written it for him because Trujillo hardly knew how to scratch out his own name. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his lips began to quiver, and he’d pushed his plate away, claiming, “I’m not hungry.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Death by poison can seem natural. Harder to claim that my head simply fell off." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But Galileo was familiar with Plutarch, who had claimed that the moon had a landscape of mountains and valleys. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“That was my way of saying I don’t claim any set.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She claims that since Anatole gave her the bow, and since it was Anatole who requisitioned her to teach school, she must not be breaking any social customs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and walked to the table his friends had claimed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s a royal treasure of the Amazons —to be claimed only by our most courageous warrior, if you believe the prophecy.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He claimed he was at the movies during the time of the killing and yet one hour later he couldn’t remember what films he saw or who played in them. 3RD JUROR: That’s right. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily he simply would have recruited someone else to masquerade as Campbell and claim the money, but of late he had become increasingly wary. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Our claims to knowledge, Montaigne said, are generally misconceived because we will not acknowledge our limits as human beings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Puthoff gingerly claims to have gotten out 30 times more energy with this method than was put in. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He battled opponents on the strip and was forced to fight racism and classism in order to claim his spot among the annals of fencing greats, which he did on his own terms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even her cousin Lancel, who once had claimed to love her, was one of her accusers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I intend to. Any man who tries to harm her—well, I'm too small to be a Black Ear, and I make no claims to courage." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I am not aware,” observed the grave lady whose voice I had heard but once, “that to think of any person is to make a great claim upon that person, my dear.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

As a consequence the troopers were swamped with calls from people claiming to know the hiker's identity, so they were even less receptive to Westerberg than they had been to Gallien. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who claim that mass incarceration is “just like” Jim Crow make a serious mistake. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Indeed, for the naming game to get going scientists have to make priority claims that can be taken forward on their behalf. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Early in March 1881, Charles Guiteau departed New York, leaving unpaid bills behind as he usually did, and headed to Washington to claim his new job. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each of them had lied to their parents, claiming to be sleeping over at one another’s homes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sofa frame, a family joke, had claimed another victim. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

So Ruth rose up and out of her guileless inefficiency to claim her bit of balm right after the preparation of dinner and just before the return of her husband from his office. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d always claimed these brambles had the sweetest fruit, but now she realized he’d been training her, showing her the way. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Naw, I don’t want to take it out in the car. Some passing motorist might call the highway department and claim he saw two men wrestling an anaconda.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, he became the first person to legally stake a claim to his own tissue and sue for profits and damages. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Merely touch the symbol of the key, and you will be transported somewhere close to it. But from there, it is up to you to find and claim the real key.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Its claims of public-spiritedness and moral rectitude obscured its essential nature as a terrorist organization seeking economic, social, and political power. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yet she had claimed she’d be alone if the camp sorted her by her godly parent. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The audience was mixed, their claims broader than race. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives me the indulgent smile of an adult hearing an outrageous claim from a child. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That idea is in their best interest, after all, since I hear the floods have claimed much more of their land than ours. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In a resemblance relation, a statement makes a claim that overlaps in content with the one that came before it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We have to do that, missus, so we can review your claim. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Can we test the claim that Copernicanism required a modern theory of the Earth? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He claimed he opened fire because he thought Booth was going to shoot the soldiers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man who claimed to be a superhero time traveler emerged from between two houses, across the street from Petey’s place. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tom Paine, for example, claimed that it was simply a matter of common sense that an island could not rule a continent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The horse had spent most of his career in the claiming or cheap allowance ranks, and the most accomplished trainer in America had given up on him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby grew to hate Vasiljevic, claiming that he was a Zionist agent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to tell me that they claim that that wayward bus did not hit me?” he asked angrily. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because I am marked by indelible color they easily suppose that I am unchanged by social mobility, that I can claim unbroken ties with my past. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She inhabits her world, waiting for forgiveness, while her children are planted in or upon the four different nations that have claimed us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hedge wizard had told him there would be a bountiful spirit summer before the cold set in, he claimed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Arya of House Stark comes here to be wed. A woman grown and flowered, truebom and noble, she comes to beg the blessings of the gods. Who comes to claim her?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I doubt if anyone would claim to enjoy life at high altitudes— enjoy, that is, in the ordinary sense of the word. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If there’s no match, Estimo can press his claim that the samples purportedly taken from Fischer’s body are fraudulent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He described party allegiance as “the last degradation of a free and moral agent” and claimed that “if I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then went on to demand the ‘solution’ of affirmative action, thereby repeating the mistake of claiming benefits for the relative few because of the absence of the many. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Carrel’s claims about the cells grew more fantastical. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Some claimed he was the unwanted son of the previous Lord Furnival, who had provided him with the church living when Quinel was still a boy. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Daniels takes a step back and says, “C’mon. Come claim your prize.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But all such claims are based on pure speculation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Armstrong’s lawyers thus filed a motion asking the district court for discovery of the prosecutors’ files to support their claim of selective prosecution under the Fourteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If Dobyns was right, disease claimed the lives of 80 to 100 million Indians by the first third of the seventeenth century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A backer of Israel who called himself “A Friend of Justice” argued that if the oath were uniformly required, not a single legislator could claim to be legally elected. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He said he went into Chatham to see if the gun belonged to anyone there but it didn’t, so he was laying claim that it was his own. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When psychologists actually try to verify this claim, however, their answers sound like the Hartshorne and May conclusions. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona might be upset, but she didn’t deny Dylan’s claim. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The papar risked their lives—and lost them in untold droves-r- not in the pursuit of wealth or personal glory or to claim new lands in the name of any despot. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Master Underwood, for six months—six months—we have been hearing these scandalous claims that you heard the wild god Pan speak.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Diem claimed to have won a ludicrous 98.2 percent of the vote; in Saigon, he somehow received more votes than there were registered voters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was a very short conversation, however, because I cut him off by asking him to recite pi to the sixth digit, claiming it was an entrance requirement, regardless of the shoes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No leader could credibly claim to be above the fray. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dad claimed that he’d actually witnessed it once, on a cruise to Fort Jefferson. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

So I did not ask why I was raised in a house by many men, none of w hom claimed blood relation to me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This is the small patch of America to which they lay claim. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when Fabyan printed the pamphlets, he claimed the copyrights for himself. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Clavius was wrong—there are no eccentrics and epicycles—but he was right to claim that he could predict the future movements of the heavenly bodies with a high degree of reliability. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The discovery of the New World had fatally undermined any claim that there are some things on which all human beings can agree—here were societies practising nudity and cannibalism. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Not all of these claims have been endorsed enthusiastically. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The foreman claimed he’d been awakened by a noise like someone climbing the fence. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armstrong’s Radio Church of God grew into an international undertaking, the Worldwide Church of God, and eventually claimed more than one hundred thousand parishioners and listeners. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She claimed it would be treating the symptom, not the problem. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Francis claimed to know nothing about it, but I had an idea he knew more than he was saying. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I walked with one sandal and one bare foot, but soon the mud claimed my second sandal too. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Sebond had harnessed faith and reason together, Montaigne’s critique set out to undermine faith by showing that all claims to knowledge are overstated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The affluent white liberals who were pressing the legal claims of blacks and other minorities “were often sheltered, in their private lives, and largely immune to the costs of implementing minority claims.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Vishniac did not claim that there had to be life on Mars, merely that it was possible, and that it was extraordinarily important to know if it was there. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she claims it’s because she’s not in the same headspace he is, he knows it’s because he hasn’t been himself lately. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Orestes and Pylades were to go to the palace claiming to be the bearers of a message that Orestes had died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oranges we had always bought at the marché, as they grew deep in the jungle and were difficult to find, but Leah claimed to know where to look. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jones and Allen had framed their rebuke of Carey as carefully as possible to allow little room for him to dispute their claims. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

If he tried to get Jordan in trouble, Jordan would wiggle out of it, claiming it was an accident. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mudgett claimed the boy had returned to his own home in Massachusetts. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Looking at the proportion of women in graduate school at a large university, some women filed a lawsuit claiming that they were being discriminated against by the graduate school. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was Aunt Ivy’s favorite saying, too. Well, letting me lose the claim is more than mysterious. It’s downright mean.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You think I’m a thug, well I claim it,” I mutter. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In reality, even for the most famous and apparently decisive modern inventions, neglected precursors lurked behind the bald claim “X invented Y.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

All of the adults hunkered on the vessel, calculating their scavenge and scheming how to ensure their claim. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

If you can write something down, you can claim it as yours. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Though Harriet had repeatedly applied for a pension for herself or back pay to reimburse her for those years she had served with the Union forces, her claim was never allowed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A nod is a sufficient way to seal. I will come and claim my payment one day. Until then, Pandavas, go forth and slay.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He claimed he was concerned, and it wasn’t only him: God was concerned. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Cannons are supposed to be loud, that's their claim to fame, and—like it or not—the moving sidewalk is bound to end sooner or later. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Loma’s so hateful sometimes I’m sorry to have to claim her. But you don’t make her no nicer by outsmartin’ her ever few days or makin’ fun of her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I found myself glancing at the vacant Arizona sky, hoping to see her black form swelling out of the earth, laying claim to her half of the heavens. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“It is time for you to be reunited with your loved ones, time for you and your children to claim your place among the stars.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In those days on the Hill, any who could claim “professional” status—teachers, preachers, practical nurses—also considered themselves superior. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace Wexler raised her hand, lowered it, raised it halfway, then lowered it again, torn between her claim as Sam Westing's relative and being accused of murder. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed the nickname came from the wood shelving units Clancy had built to store all of their books and schoolwork. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Stamitz, who was born 120 kilometres from Prague and baptised Jan Stamic, has probably the greatest claim to being the inventor of the symphony as we know it, though posterity has largely forgotten him nonetheless. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

That’s why he claims to “do business with Chinese pirates all the time.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we let Peeta claim it, since he died today?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Taylor’s instincts, honed during countless pageants when the one who claimed to be sweet was the one to put Nair in your shampoo, came crawling up her spine and into her cortex. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She favored a black Brazilian priest who, she claimed, was especially efficacious. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Bertulf rarely let his tenants and vassals finish their claims before announcing his judgment. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“No one’s ever asked to be seated there,” she claims. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mama and Baba didn't know what to make of it, either, and Daoud...he claimed he hadn't seen anything. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I do, because I got my mother’s brown hair, but she claims I have my father’s eyes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There are some who claim not just that some discoveries are difficult to pinpoint but that all discovery claims are essentially fictitious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Herold gave the soldiers false names and claimed he and Booth were on their way to join up with the Confederates themselves. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Tristran's death, there were those who claimed that he was a member of the Fellowship of the Castle, and was instrumental in breaking the power of the Unseelie Court. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thema, who was editor of the newspaper the Bantu World, fiercely criticized the campaign in his paper, claiming that Communists had taken over the ANC and that Indians were exploiting the Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inmates who ask for protection but fail to get it can make expensive claims. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not claim, as African savages might be able to claim, that no one had brought him the gospel. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Finally even the demons had to admit that I was who I claimed to be. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

So whoever arrived first and set up residence in houses or apartments can claim them as theirs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Returning servicemen were expected to have first claim on what jobs remained in the peacetime economy. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit shot through the pack, swung out, and drew ahead of Uppermost, claiming second on the outside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other doctors agreed with Kuhn and Devèze and put forward their own treatments, though no one claimed to have found an absolute cure, as Rush did. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

She shows me a stone monument, like a proud claim staked upon the humble chapel. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A trick rider had claimed that he could jump a car while riding two horses simultaneously, “Roman” style—a foot in one stirrup of each. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not learning it all over again but for the first time, apparently, since Mother claims I did none of these things as a baby. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her point of view, claiming that Amazonian societies could escape their environmental constraints was little more than a display of scientific ignorance, the archaeological version of try- ing to design perpetual-motion machines. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

His dusky woman was enough to satisfy his appetites until he could reach Meereen and claim his queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It is thus simple to test the claim that there was a Scientific Revolution in the seventeenth century by looking for the revolution in language that must have accompanied it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Students gathered at lunchtime in front of Low Library at Columbia or on Sproul Plaza at Berkeley to hear student radicals claim their union with ‘the people.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It persists today, as is evident when the United States invades countries claiming to be rescuing them. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! as to all that, of course nothing can be thought of yet. I am here till claimed by Colonel and Mrs. Campbell.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“What manner”—Mr. Nixon's voice hardened, a good sign—“of persuasion do you claim these boys employed?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She had no relatives left—no person on whom she had any claim—certainly there was no one to enquire whether she made a living or how much longer she could continue to do so. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

We know that the officer claims he shot because Prince tried to run him over with his jeep. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

People they know, strangers they don’t, claiming a line on their page. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A family in Baltimore claimed that their sixty-year-old father suffered a heart attack after becoming excited during the broadcast and died two weeks later. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He claimed to be looking for real estate and a horse to buy. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they’d brought him home from the hospital, she had immediately claimed him as her own. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whereas prosecutors claim they strike black jurors not because of their race but because of their hairstyle, police officers have their own stock excuses—e.g., The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Chapter 17 ends the book by looking at Montaigne’s scepticism and asking whether we are entitled to claim that we know more than he did. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Capitalizing on Mantell’s enfeebled state, Owen set about systematically expunging Mantell’s contributions from the record, renaming species that Mantell had named years before and claiming credit for their discovery for himself. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. What did you really do to break those glasses in the kitchen when you claimed that you were taking them out to clean water spots off them?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid that information isn’t available to heralds either,” Victor claims. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

An honest man except when it comes to food, our father would lie, claiming to have just returned from the pricey new Fresh Market. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Each day, as she passed the house whose number she claimed, she looked at it with gratitude and affection. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This bit of common sense, sometimes termed the pigeonhole or Dirichlet drawer principle, can occasionally be used to derive claims that are not so obvious. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A near riot ensued over who had the right to claim the “honor” of the kill. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Since Tobias has claimed the back of the bus as his domain, I stay as far away from him as I can. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He continued his rant, talking about how he was being “persecuted by the Jews,” and claiming that “the Holocaust never happened,” and using four-letter words to describe “the Jew Ellsworth.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Galileo appealed to sensory experience, but sensory experience established, or so they claimed, that boats float higher in the water when far from shore, and lower as they approach port. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The police claimed that their lives were endangered, but many demonstrators were shot in the back and had no weapons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, I could not claim to be opposed to war as a matter of general principle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that such popularity could only be incidental to what he had seen, or claimed to see. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They wanted to feel the superiority and invincibility that had once been theirs, to stake a claim once again to Friday night. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured Mr. Tuttle was picturing me cut to pieces and himself down at my house trying to settle, cheap, my folks’ claim against the railroad. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The Nazis claim that Comrade Hess met with an accident over the North Sea while piloting a fighter plane. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I explained how Dad had been miserable since he’d lost his job, no matter how many times he claimed, “It’s all good.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And claiming that it is will, in its ignorance, worsen the ecological ailments that activists would like to cure. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The bonanza continued into 1989, as the media continued to disseminate claims that crack was an “epidemic,” a “plague,” “instantly addictive,” and extraordinarily dangerous—claims that have now been proven false or highly misleading. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I will be leaving for Tarbean tomorrow to fetch necessary materials for the upcoming term. If it is there I will bring it back. The matter of the boy’s claim can be settled then.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He says, “My very excellent mother just served us nachos,” and claims it is an easy way to memorize the planets in order from the sun. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Velikovsky imagined the comet, after a complicated game of interplanetary billiards, to settle down into a stable, nearly circular orbit, becoming the planet Venus—which he claimed never existed before then. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This peculiar blend is what Barthes was referring to when he described facts as linguistic yet claiming to be copies of the real. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He remembered a time when he had thought that Lord Eddard Stark might marry him to Sansa and claim him for a son, but that had only been a child’s fancy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Jay claims he even walks like Dad, with this swagger about him as if he’s got everything figured out already. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Possibly a gang member, say police, though his family has come forward to refute that claim. It seems there are more questions than answers in this story, Carl." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It ruled their waking hours, sapped their bodily strength, and from time to tragic time claimed their mortal flesh. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tibe evidently was going to press Karhide’s claim to that region: precisely the kind of action which, on any other world at this stage of civilization, would lead to war. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rival trainers who claimed horses from Irwin sometimes found them so exhausted that they had to give them long layoffs before they were capable of running again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma wasn’t sure if it was because he’d had to claim in public that he liked lima beans, or if he was afraid someone else in the school office would overhear their secret code word. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I settled back into bed, and this time, sleep claimed me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As for myself, I cannot even claim that. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, he later claimed that the guards brutalized him and deprived him of food. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Germans had launched new attacks in France, between the Somme and Arve rivers and were now claiming to have taken ninety thousand prisoners. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Though Martin claims he's been secretly in love with me for years. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, Roy Lee appeared, claiming he just happened to be in the neighborhood. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she’ll send him up to the little cot he has claimed for himself in the attic, pressed up beneath the window of a dormer. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The committee met and passed a resolution whose closing passage read: “The men who have helped build Chicago want the fair, and, having a just and well-sustained claim, they intend to have it.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As they started to greet one another, Esperanza darted inside, making sure they could get the space upstairs before anyone else claimed it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I've never worn any other color besides the deep pink Du Barry claims brings out the honey undertones in my brown skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His mother shook her head and claimed she was content to stick it out at South Beach; they could go to Amity Harbor in the morning if they wanted. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was my turn to claim the strength. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Noseless Ned, he was called; frostbite had claimed the tip of his nose two winters past. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“My dragons have developed a prodigious taste for mutton since we began to pay the shepherds for their kills. Have these claims been proven?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What better proof could there be, after all, of his oft-repeated claim that he relied on experience not authority? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Even if their skin was as brown as mine, they claimed they had no Indian blood and proudly held up their names and clothes to prove it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whistle blew and everyone ran to claim seats in a row of folding chairs that faced the stage. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He claims he’s gotten back involved with the diamond business in the Congo and has many foreign partners, but you still have to remind him to take a bath on any given day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a youth, he claimed, he had served as a privateer, after which he was captured and enslaved by the Turks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This leads us to another equally important ideal, one that Americans implicitly accept but to which they make no conscious claim. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

These articles, he claimed, caused him to abandon the plan and to jettison all hope of ever succeeding at such a scheme in the future. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Years ago a friend and I were served hickory milk in rural Georgia by an eccentric backwoods artist named St. EOM who claimed Creek descent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The country they claimed as given to them by God? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He would have expected to claim it from the Parthians once he conquered them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

"Some claimed to have that power. Their wise men were called gieenseers." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Father Cham had told her, “May that bird always provide for you,” Thirty years later, the widow claimed the chicken still laid an egg every day. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk that way! Poseidon claimed you, didn’t he? So ... he must care about you ... a lot....” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z