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.
  • Let go of the email trap and reclaim your focus.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • A lot of women don’t want to reclaim that word.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The urge to start over, strip it all back, and reclaim control.
    — Sophie Meharenna, Allure, 2 July 2025
  • The Dodgers briefly reclaimed the lead in the sixth inning.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Ready to reclaim your basement?
    — Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
  • At some point later, the woman was at the house to reclaim her stuff.
    — Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Cathy must fight to reclaim her son and confront her nightmares.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Either way, this is your moment to reclaim your fire.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Buchanan reclaimed its crown last year ahead of second-place Poway.
    — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • None of this tells you how to fight it, or how to reclaim your better nature.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The staff memo said water would be reclaimed, filtered and reused.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • If the police or the owner do not reclaim them, the thieves feel safe to move them.
    — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Our task was to reclaim and speak, to take up space with our bodies and our voices.
    — Chelsea Bieker, WSJ, 13 May 2022
  • And nothing could be more thrilling than the chance to reclaim the trophy on home soil.
    — Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Almost all of those lives reclaimed were children.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Can Broadcom reclaim its old status as the one to beat?
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The shelter will wait to see if an owner comes forward to reclaim the dog.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The hard work to reclaim a life is never considered by the rapist.
    — Alexia Norton-Jones, refinery29.com, 30 June 2021
  • Or people trying to reclaim it, right?
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Hammons teamed up with some of them to seek justice and reclaim what was taken.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
  • But in the evening, locals reclaim their streets and squares, and a thriving tapas scene takes over.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Bo-Katan restarts the great forge and reclaims Mandalore in full.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But what if there was a process that could reclaim nitrogen and clean wastewater?
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
  • But the attacker was quick to strike again and reclaim their accounts.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026

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