"claim honor" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to assert or demand recognition or respect for one's achievements, actions, or character. Example: The brave soldier who risked his life to save his comrades was finally able to claim the honor he deserved when he received a medal of valor from the president.
Recent college grads will raise their grade point averages or claim honors they didn't receive, says Bermont.
Political deadbeats can still claim the honor free by fax, while Americans who sense more scam than honor can only hang up in resisting the blandishments.
Asked if he would claim individual honor from the Shenzhou 5, he demurred, saying "it is a matter of collective honor" for all 14 astronauts who trained for the mission.
No single writer can claim that honor, not even the author of the original book.
Also prominently displayed was Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, Alveda King, lending credence to the host's claim to honor King's legacy.
A handful of deal makers can claim the honor of having worked on many of the transactions announced this week.
Years after the war, when the historian William Fox calculated the casualties of each of the 2,000 Union regiments in the war, the Second Wisconsin stood at the top of the list of regiments that Fox stated "fairly claim the honor of having encountered the hardest fighting in the war".
Statistically, the ASC awards don't serve as a strong indicator for who will win the equivalent best cinematography Oscar at the Academy Awards: in the organization's 30-year history, only 12 winners of the top theatrical prize have gone on to claim that honor.
Though Mars is not the first Latino to grace the cover, he is the first Latino man to claim the honor.
Keith Caulfield from Billboard noted that with one more number one on Hot Dance Club Songs, Madonna would be able to claim another honor, that of having the most number ones on any single Billboard chart.
