extravagant claim

collocation in English

meaningsofextravagantandclaim

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withclaim.
extravagant
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡənt/us
/ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡənt/
spending too much money, or using too much ...
See more atextravagant
claim
noun[C]
uk
/kleɪm/us
/kleɪm/
a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not ...
See more atclaim

(Definition ofextravagantandclaimfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofextravagant claim

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
The problem with arbitration is that the arbitrators invariably split the difference, and in the case of anextravagantclaimthat means an extravagant settlement.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is not anextravagantclaimthat we are making to-day.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He made anextravagantclaimabout productivity—a huge claim—that, once again, we are at the top of the league for productivity.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What was responsible for the breakdown which followed so shortly after thatextravagantclaim?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not believe that that was anextravagantclaim.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I shall touch briefly on theextravagantclaim—we have now effectively disposed of it—that the screen would protect, as someone said, "thousands" of our staff.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not think that is anextravagantclaim.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We deny, therefore, that we are now setting up any new orextravagantclaim.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is anextravagantclaim.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is not anextravagantclaim.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is not a veryextravagantclaim.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is not anextravagantclaim.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is rather anextravagantclaim.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I can not think, that any of the cases sanction such anextravagantclaimon the part of a creditor.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
His judgement may have failed him, or he may simply have been unable to restrain the canons from making these extravagant claims.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, adaptationists, and even optimality theorists, have made no such extravagant claims.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There was no justification for the extravagant claims which were made, such as serious reductions in service.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
None of us has ever made these extravagant claims for it.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was not a case of extravagant claims, but of what may be called moral and intellectual claims.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We do not have to make extravagant claims because the experience is firmly established.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofextravagant
Go to the definition ofclaim
See other collocations withclaim