How to Use allot in a Sentence

allot

verb
  • The newspaper will allot a full page to each of the three mayoral candidates.
  • Each speaker will be allotted 15 minutes.
  • But would the conflict breach the two Y.M.C.A. lanes allotted to the team?
    Miriam Jordan Afif Amireh, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • For the first time in weeks, many of us are allotted free time to think and to do and visit and to eat.
    Anne T. Donahue, Allure, 22 Dec. 2017
  • And to think, all of this came after the Jaguars said the Bills didn't use all of the tickets they were allotted for the game.
    Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • It has been allotted three hours for many years, though the length of the 2025 show has not been announced.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2024
  • It has been allotted three hours for many years, though the length of the 2025 show has not been announced.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The studio will have allotted drop-off times or set up a drop box for the items that need to be fired.
    Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Even Wyoming allotted three-and-a-half times more money, the study found.
    Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
  • The State Department had allotted 10 hours of time on the ground.
    Washington Post, 14 May 2018
  • The bustier’s stitching allotted a bit of depth and detail to the clean-cut look.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The gardens were beautiful and many took a tram ride to try and see as much of the gardens in the time allotted.
    Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2023
  • That could happen as late as Jan. 11 if the reviews take all the time allotted.
    John Myers, latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The Allahabad high court in 1935 had allotted the legal right over the land on which the mosque stands to the Hindu king of Varanasi.
    Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Picks 4 to 14 will then be allotted in reverse order of the teams’ records.
    Benjamin Hoffman and Victor Mather, New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • Spending of the money allotted for the fund has dropped in recent years as well.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • As one poster from the era explained it, people over 12 were allotted 2½ pounds of beef, veal, lamb and pork a week.
    NBC News, 1 May 2020
  • What most struck me at the time, though, was that the landlord had allotted just one svelte closet for the entire unit.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The new approach would allot them to applicants who earn the highest wages.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 23 June 2020
  • Picks 5 through 14 will then be allotted in reverse order of the teams’ records.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 15 May 2023
  • The time allotted for updating the rules is coming to an end.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Instead, try allotting up to a fifth of your daily calorie allowance to the sweet of your choice.
    Kristine Thomason, Health, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In this context, a speech expands or contracts to fit the time allotted.
    Readers, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The seven-minute film asks what kind of place society should allot to the most painful or shameful parts of its past.
    Güzin Kar, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The company that recorded the book allotted me 100 hours in front of the microphone.
    New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • In all, the players and coaches were allotted 78 pairs of shoes this season.
    Joel Odom, OregonLive.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Still to be revealed in addition to the name of the Boston team is how the 18 players will be allotted among all six teams.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • It’s as simple as allotting a certain amount of time away from your phone.
    Maya Allen, Marie Claire, 17 July 2019
  • Elsewhere, the overwhelming bulk of free agency money already has been allotted, so teams have shown their hands on at least part of their offseason plans.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Medved may have a leg up on his predecessors with the incoming revenue-sharing system that will allot $20-plus million to schools to pay players across sports.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2025

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