How to Use reclaim in a Sentence

reclaim

verb

• You might be able to reclaim some of the money you contributed.
• She reclaimed the title of world champion this year.
• The factory reclaims fibers from textile wastes.
• Acres of land were reclaimed by conservationists.
• Sons and daughters are proudly reclaiming the traditions that their parents had forgotten.
• Environmental groups have been reclaiming contaminated sites.
• Bo-Katan restarts the great forge and reclaims Mandalore in full.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Some on the Brazilian left are trying to reclaim the shirt.
  — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
• How did Templer find the resilience to reclaim his life?
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
• Throughout the process, Andrea will reclaim her right to have her voice heard.
  — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
• The shelter will wait to see if an owner comes forward to reclaim the dog.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
• The Colonels would need only 56 seconds to reclaim the lead thanks to the Pitzer-to-Leen connection.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2022
• If Onoh’s back this spring, Dundalk has a chance to reclaim the top spot in the county and compete for a state crown.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2023
• Dunlap quickly reclaimed the lead, lost it again and battled Burns down the stretch, pulling even with a birdie on the 16th.
  — CBS News, 22 Jan. 2024
• That same year, Putin would reclaim the seat, and was reelected in 2018.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
• North and Monroe then playfully push their moms out of the frame and reclaim the spotlight.
  — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Feb. 2023
• The argument for Mullins to reclaim his spot is his history of success in the role.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2023
• Hammons teamed up with some of them to seek justice and reclaim what was taken.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
• After the war, Lilly sued to reclaim the painting, but it was thought to have been lost in bombings.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
• In the dining nook, the table is reclaimed pine and the custom banquette is in Prince of Wales plaid fabric by de Le Cuona.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 8 June 2023
• Through his art, Meris reclaims his own body from a figure that has been distorted by the white gaze.
  — Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
• The luncheon called all Black women in the industry to reclaim their power and own their gifts.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Mar. 2024
• In that case, the IRS would reduce the amount of a taxpayer's refund to reclaim the overpayment.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2023
• No one, that is, except a tiny mouse, who slips in with some odds and ends that Helen has reclaimed from a neighbor’s curb.
  — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
• Time to reclaim them, preferably in a room lit by candlelight, or nothing but the naked screen.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 May 2024
• The race was caution-free until the 49th lap, when Busch took the lead by not pitting before Truex reclaimed it on fresh tires with 42 laps to go.
  — Greg Beacham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
• Boston struck first with Alex Verdugo’s two-run home run in the third, but the Brewers reclaimed the lead soon after.
  — Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023
• Burger King is gearing up to reclaim lost ground in the battle of the burger giants.
  — Heather Haddon, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2022
• And winter is our time to reclaim the desert when the wide-open expanses of southeastern Arizona beckon with impossibly starry skies.
  — Becky Bartkowski, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
• For my father and me, storytelling has not only become a sanctuary but a means to reclaim the time that was lost, forging an unpunishable bond through creativity, resilience, and love.
  — Sean Boyce Johnson, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024