Sentence examples for claim possession from inspiring English sources

The jealous ownership implied by the word "mine" suggests that (à la Walt Whitman) to live in Brooklyn is both to claim possession of a milieu and to be possessed by it.

So why should assistants claim possession for their work?

Central governments still claim possession of 70% of forests despite the proven benefits of local ownership.

Lallana did well to claim possession of an awkwardly bouncing ball and laid off for the German at his side.

Yet traditional art history can no more claim possession of a definitive "truth" about Caravaggio's life and art than other more wayward interpretations.

The military junta declared war on Great Britain in April 1982 to claim possession of what it called "Las Islas Malvinas".

2011 Phil interviews Chelsea Charms, who is famous for claiming possession of the world's largest breasts.

The Republican Party has claimed possession of the word — and the idea it embodies.

Officials in the Bush administration claimed possession of evidence that justified pre-emptive invasion of another country.

Great Britain and the United States both claimed possession of the islands; Britain finally annexed Ashmore in 1878 and Cartier in 1909.

By early 1861 the seven Southern states that had already seceded from the Union claimed possession of all U.S. forts and arsenals within their territory.