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.
• Bradish allowed six hits and one walk.
  — ABC News, 23 June 2026
• They’re not allowed to do that.
  — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
• Gray allowed two more runs in the fourth.
  — ABC News, 19 May 2026
• You’re not allowed to run or dive from the pool edge.
  — Hali Smith june 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 June 2026
• These changes should allow for a smoother ride at high speeds.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022
• He should have never been allowed to run again.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 May 2026
• This allows the small light sail to deploy much faster.
  — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
• Kikuchi allowed one hit and struck out six batters.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
• And that might allow them to more than make up for any losses.
  — WSJ, 6 Feb. 2021
• Hacker has allowed just one hit and five walks.
  — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• Camping in the area will not be allowed.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
• Alvarez allowed a run on five hits.
  — Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
• So, the question is not whether you are allowed to want more.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• You were allowed to call people fat.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
• Rothrock allowed one run on one hit with a walk and six strikeouts.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2023
• Lawrence allowed just one hit after the homer.
  — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 27 May 2026
• Then — and only then — are they allowed to meet face-to-face.
  — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
• Ziehl allowed four runs — three earned — on six hits and a walk in six innings.
  — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
• In the end, the college was allowed to keep the money.
  — Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
• Unlike all of them, Paula is allowed to grow up and take charge.
  — Gabriella Fuller, ELLE Decor, 16 Oct. 2018
• The frame is drilled and tapped to allow for optics mounting.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 24 Jan. 2023