Sentence examples for claiming for himself from inspiring English sources

The statement contained a classic Trumpian reversal: the President was claiming for himself the right to privacy that belonged to his interlocutor.

You wait as an old man objects to the new tax being levied on every denizen who lives past the age of eighty, which is the King's way of claiming for himself what would otherwise be passed along to his subjects' heirs.

In the starkest contrast to orthodox Islamic teachings, Elijah Muhammad taught his African-American followers that the absent Farad was not just a prophet, but God, who is black, while claiming for himself the title of Messenger, which Muslims reserve for the Prophet Muhammad.

The Ikhwân report on a ruler, who encouraged politico-religious controversies among the 'ulamâ' (learned) of different persuasions, claiming for himself the right to interpret the Law on the basis of the mu'tazili doctrine of the created Qur'ân.

However, officers who had taken command in the aftermath of the charge, the role that Cardigan was claiming for himself, had heard of his reception in England and were anxious to put the record straight.

But the title of "Mr. TV Europe" is not one that Mr. Zeiler claims for himself.

He then named Commodore Bainimarama prime minister, or chief executive, using the dubious powers he had earlier claimed for himself.

The biggest, the suspicion must be, since Jonny Wilkinson claimed for himself the best hopes of his nation's rugby.

In the pantheon of celebrity doctors, Madan Lal Kataria has claimed for himself what is surely the strangest mantle.

In the end, a good artist is a conjurer or even, as Beuys claimed for himself, a shaman.

Indeed, the emperor Charlemagne claimed for himself the right to appoint the bishops of his empire, who were thus increasingly involved in political affairs.