How to Use recover damages in a Sentence

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• The lawsuit seeks to recover damages for Habitat’s attorney fees and costs.
  — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
• If your child was injured or killed in a drowning due to someone’s negligence, you may be entitled to recover damages.
  — Dallas News, 29 July 2022
• The French government, in the name of the emperor, filed suit in a federal court to recover damages for the crash.
  — Diego A. Zambrano, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2020
• But had the person been on an e-bike or e-scooter, their chance to recover damages are doomed because those users are not covered in the law, officials said.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
• Since the 1850s, these laws have allowed parents to bring claims to recover damages from a person who causes their child’s death.
  — Katherine Drabiak, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
• The fine doesn’t include damages for rebuilding the bridge and Maryland state attorneys filed their own claim to recover damages.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
• The county also has an ongoing civil lawsuit against Do and others seeking to recover damages.
  — Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
• Watsky's father, Gary Watsky, is also considering a lawsuit to recover damages for the raid at his home, among other claims.
  — Tony Plohetski, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2020
• The Supreme Court will now decide whether that timeline affected Havana Docks right to recover damages.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
• The city wants to recover damages and obtain an order that requires the companies to pay franchise fees going forward, according to the resolution.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 15 June 2021
• Some states allow the family to recover damages for suffering and grief – recognizing a person’s inherent value, not only their economic value.
  — Katherine Drabiak, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
• In addition, employers generally can’t have their employees waive their right to recover damages for unlawful termination and equal employment issues.
  — Jonathan Herpy, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• The Supreme Court found that the mother in this case could only recover damages for costs directly caused by the negligence that were incurred during the pregnancy, delivery and postpartum period.
  — Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Sep. 2024
• Although caveat emptor remains mostly alive and well, subject to the exceptions described above, the case teaches that an unhappy buyer might still recover damages from a seller that affirmatively conceals bad facts about the property.
  — Joshua Stein, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• The move aims to level the playing field, quantify economic harm, and potentially recover damages, while also setting a precedent for regulating global e-commerce platforms in Europe.
  — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025
• The House bill would reform qualified immunity, meaning that individuals would be able to recover damages when their constitutional rights are violated by law enforcement officers.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 23 June 2020
• The legislation would allow people to recover damages and legal fees when federal immigration agents violate their constitutional rights, including denying due process, illegally searching their home, and using excessive force.
  — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
• In its statement to NPR, DHS again repeated the claim about Retes, who is preparing a civil lawsuit against the federal government to recover damages for his rights being violated.
  — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
• The state’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against chemical company Monsanto and two spinoffs, alleging that chemicals Monsanto manufactured harmed Maryland’s waters, fish and wildlife and seeking to recover damages and cleanup costs.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
• Rodriguez also is asking the court to block Coeytaux from countersuing under California’s shield law, which allows individuals to recover damages and attorneys fees from anyone who files a civil action against them for providing reproductive care that’s legal in California.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026