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
• 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
• The game is the final of 15 practice sessions allotted before the fall.
  — Carter Karels, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2018
• Estimates are, Schools will be allowed to distribute as much as $20.5 million to student-athletes, but this will vary from school to school, conference to conference and schools will be able to allot different amounts to different sports.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
• Protests erupted across the city in summer 2020, calling for a reduction in taxpayer dollars allotted to the Chicago Police Department and to end brutality from police officers.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025