Example sentences for: reclaim

How can you use “reclaim” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • By abandoning macroeconomics the profession not only leaves the world without guidance it desperately needs; it also risks letting the fuzzy-minded literati reclaim the ground they so deservedly lost 60 years ago.

  • The king of Leinster invited Richard de Clare, known as “Strongbow,” to come to Ireland to help him reclaim his kingdom (Strongbow’s tomb can be seen in Christ Church Cathedral).

  • She wants to reclaim it, and if you turn your back on it for a moment, she'll be there, with weeds and vines and tangled brush.

  • In more or less linear fashion, it tells the story of a violent thief, Porter (Mel Gibson), who, left for dead after a double-cross, re-emerges with an implacable determination to avenge himself on his ex-partner, Val (Gregg Henry), and reclaim some $70,000 that is rightfully his--rightfully in the sense that he's the one who actually stole it.

  • Evenings are immeasurably calmer, when the local folk venture out to reclaim the cafés and restaurants until the cool wee hours, and restore some of the charm and seduction for which Capri has been a magnet since the times of the ancient Roman emperors.


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