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.
• 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
• Remove the sheet from the oven and allow the cakes to cool on the sheet for 10 minutes.
  — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2022
• The move allowed Sanchez to go through waivers, where the Red Sox put in their claim on him.
  — Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• That will also allow the ships to spend up to nine months at a time at sea, the navy said.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 8 Sep. 2021
• The frame is drilled and tapped to allow for optics mounting.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 24 Jan. 2023
• Soriano allowed three runs on six hits with six strikeouts and three walks in five innings.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
• The ball slid right underneath his glove, allowing two runs to score, and Semien to end up at second.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
• If catchers, pitchers, or hitters believed an umpire missed a call, they were suddenly allowed to challenge it.
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
• Actors abound, allowing guests to lean in and take on an active role.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• All the doors were opened for them, and that’s what allowed the project to move forward in a concrete way.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026