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Example sentences for "laid claim"

  • In actual fact it may have been that B laid claim to what he proved was his.

  • Why has Ani-ellati, the governor, laid claim to Lalu’s field?

  • It will be remembered that Donald, Lord of the Isles, laid claim to and took possession of the earldom of Ross.

  • Donald, Lord of the Isles, who about 1410 laid claim to the earldom of Ross in right of his wife (Part I.

  • Donald, Lord of the Isles, by virtue of his marriage with the daughter of Walter Leslie, laid claim to the earldom of Ross, in opposition to the regent's son.

  • He laid claim to being the king of kings, the overlord of the world, the ruler of the 'four quarters of the earth.

  • The dukes of Austria, princes of the empire, laid claim to a certain authority over them, and tried to make themselves masters in Switzerland.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "laid claim" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    better known; good unto; hour afterwards; irredeemable paper; joined the; laid bare; laid before; laid before the house; laid down; laid down his life; laid eggs; laid himself; laid hold; laid open; laid out; laid rope; laid waste; most beautiful; railway travelling; slip away; sorte que; stay till; twelve ounces; two weeks; whole allspice; you the