Example sentences for: reclaim

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

  • It was only with the aid of his brother, the eventual Richard III, that Edward was able to reclaim it.

  • 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.

  • Each city has begun to find ways to reclaim public spaces and control and nurture its youth on its own terms--Boston, San Diego, Fort Worth, etc.

  • While Ted Koppel speculated about whether the president considered oral sex to be sex and Newsweek reported the possible existence of a semen-stained dress, the tabloid cover stories on the newsstands were: Jerry Springer ( Star ), JonBenet Ramsey ( Globe ), and Michael Jackson ( National Enquirer ). The big question this week was: Could the tabs reclaim their territory--the depravity and hypocrisy of the celebrated--in the face of the onslaught from the respectable press?

  • Yet the public image that persisted was not of clever Yousef but of stupid Salameh going back again and again to reclaim his $400 truck rental deposit.


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