How to Use leeway in a Sentence

leeway

noun

• They give their students leeway to try new things.
• Bill gave me a lot of leeway of what will this be.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
• Even if the board hated it, the city has some leeway.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
• The short shelf life means there’s not much leeway to delay sales.
  — Megan Durisin, Bloomberg.com, 22 Dec. 2020
• There are lots of words to say very rapidly, and there’s no leeway.
  — Barbra Streisand, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2023
• That said, there's a good amount of leeway built into this time frame.
  — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 13 Nov. 2021
• But the union is giving a lot less leeway to any future projects.
  — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 25 July 2023
• They were then given some leeway to craft a short message of their own.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2020
• That could give the Fed some leeway to cut rates again within months.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
• Voters will grant him the leeway to fiddle with deficit rules.
  — Ido Vock, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
• Will e-bikes be given the same 10-mph leeway as cars?
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2025
• Other than that, both sides seem to have a bit of leeway in how to proceed.
  — NBC News, 29 Jan. 2020
• His trade group asked for some leeway and received it, which was helpful.
  — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2020
• There’s no more leeway, and little wiggle room left to spare.
  — Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
• Wolff has some leeway to close down a small number of bars if the virus gets too intense.
  — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 25 Nov. 2020
• Union leaders note the law offers some leeway.
  — Charlotte Kramon, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
• Union leaders note the law offers some leeway.
  — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
• In the same way, a fourth dimension gives a knot a lot more leeway — too much, in fact.
  — Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2022
• People at the beaches have a lot more leeway than people on the west side.
  — Becky Wern, Florida Times-Union, 7 Mar. 2026
• China pledged a year and a half ago to allow foreign firms more leeway.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 2 July 2019
• Experts say there is some leeway for the timing of the second dose.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2021
• The Heat simply do not have the cap leeway under the tax to make a move.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• These can stretch a little, giving you a little bit of give and leeway.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 13 May 2021
• Leaving that leeway is always a key part of Black’s process.
  — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
• There isn’t much leeway for the guidance to alter the scope of the program.
  — Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• There’s more leeway in an opera for rage and violence than in a children’s book.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• But for travelers with more leeway, a good chunk of the world is once again your oyster.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2021
• The referee gave both star a lot of leeway as the two stars even spilled over into the crowd.
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
• Their current lead in the division gives them a bit of leeway to slip up and lose a few games.
  — Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
• But this leeway is not infinite.
  — Jared Bernstein, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026