Sentence examples for lay a claim from inspiring English sources

According to this survey most of us lay a claim to being working class.

The films lay a claim on us, with the unemphatic persuasion that we ought to bear witness to such tragedies.

But the United States can lay a claim to the man who won the hurdles race tonight.

With no experience in government, whether at national or state level, he will look ill-prepared to lay a claim to be prime minister.

In general, Ms. Ryan is more likely to remind you of other performers than lay a claim to her own style.

"It is the legacy of those who have felt pressured by the disdain of others to add an extraordinary amount to their bare selves in order to signal that they too may lay a claim to love".

Both performers lay a bullish claim to the spotlight.

Instead, one potential opponent, Bernie Sanders, could lay a better claim to being Jackson's political descendant.

Beckett's work can lay a strong claim to universality: not everyone has a God, but who doesn't have a Godot?

In the business of daft goals shipped, Celtic could lay a serious claim to being the pre-eminent soft-touch.

But letting family members lay such a claim doesn't make sense.