How to Use allow in a Sentence
allow
verb- Women were not allowed in the club.
- My boss wouldn't allow me to change my schedule.
- I want to change my schedule, but my boss won't allow it.
- They don't allow people to smoke in this hotel.
- Her schedule doesn't allow her any time to run errands.
- They don't allow smoking in this hotel.
- The system allows you to transfer data easily from one computer to another.
- Occasional gaps allow passage through the mountains.
- The hospital doesn't allow visitors after 8 p.m.
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After the block is cleared, residents will not be allowed to return.
— The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023 -
Critics say the profits allowed by the agency are far too high, while utilities counter that they’re needed to reduce financial risks.
— Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023 -
Jacob Kmatz, meanwhile, won the nightcap, allowing just one run on three hits in 6 1/3 innings.
— Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2023 -
Due to the high salt content, the water is incredibly buoyant, allowing swimmers to effortlessly float on the surface.
— James Barrett, Men's Health, 6 Apr. 2023 -
That will allow the tour to contribute more to prize money and hopefully get tournament organizers to commit to pay equity in the coming years.
— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 10 May 2023 -
Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah and Idaho are the only other states that allow the firing squad method.
— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2024 -
The self-watering base has an access port which comfortably fits a garden hose, allowing the reservoir system to water the plant for you—keeping from over or under-watering veggies.
— Gabriela Izquierdo, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2023 -
Store employees combed through the donations for months, as time allowed, occasionally setting aside one or two items that held promise of warranting further research before they were priced for sale.
— Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023 -
For the season, San Jose has scored 49 goals and allowed 93 in the third.
— Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024 -
She wasn’t allowed in the press box at the hockey games.
— Maira Kalman, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Oct. 2018 -
The wall allows a rare view of a rock glacier’s innards.
— Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023 -
Remove from the heat, stir in the chia seeds, and allow the mixture to cool.
— Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2019 -
The sophomore allowed 6 runs on 9 hits and struck out 4.
— Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 5 June 2023 -
The bill would allow cities the tools to compete for state funding.
— Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022 -
The thinning is necessary to allow room for the third onion in the row to grow to full size.
— Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Nov. 2021 -
That’s not good for Huntsville, which allowed 49 last week.
— Josh Bean | Jbean@al.com, al, 17 Sep. 2019 -
These changes should allow for a smoother ride at high speeds.
— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022 -
This allows her to have a clear head when all the drama goes down later in the night.
— Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 8 Nov. 2018 -
If your group raised $2 million in war bonds, it would be allowed to name one of the ships.
— Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 26 May 2017 -
And that might allow them to more than make up for any losses.
— WSJ, 6 Feb. 2021 -
This can allow the New York Times to post double-digital growth in adjusted operating profit and return more capital to shareholders in the future, according to the analyst.
— Alex Harring,fred Imbert, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024
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