6 sentences with 'claiming'
Example sentences and phrases with the word claiming and other words derived from it.
• « There is, as always, a library claiming the alleged harmlessness of marijuana, and another documenting its detrimental effects on the body and the central nervous system, e.g. decreased motivation and social activity. »
• « People like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Christine de Pizan and Petrarch proudly connected their work with that of the Romans and Greeks, claiming that there was an unbroken chain of ideas, virtues and achievements going back thousands of years to people like Alexander the Great, Plato and Socrates. »
• « Xerxes then personally withdrew along with a significant part of his army, while claiming victory over the Greeks. »
• « The Romans created a myth to commemorate their victory, claiming that they had "ploughed the earth with salt" in Carthage so that nothing would ever grow there again, which was not literally true, but served as a useful legend as the Romans further expanded their territories. »
• « Before his climactic battle in 312 CE to defeat his last rival to the imperial throne, Constantine had a vision claiming to have been sent by the Christian God, promising him victory if he converted to Christianity. »
• « The Arabs of the time were organised tribally, with tribes claiming descent from common ancestors and ruling through gatherings of the patriarchs of each clan. »