How to Use permissible in a Sentence

permissible

adjective

• And there will be a debate about whether that's permissible or not.
  — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• The case helps draw the line between what is permissible, and what's not.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• The most challenging thing for me is what is permissible and what is not.
  — Bryn Elise Sandberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2020
• Fans may also use the clear bag and clutch to carry these items and other permissible items.
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 5 Sep. 2017
• This was followed by three examples of the kind of speech that was now permissible.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
• Dogma, ad hominem attacks, and hate speech were not permissible.
  — Jennifer Miller, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2022
• Is there any action, permissible still by law, that should still lead a politician to resign?
  — Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
• The Warriors coach saw the chants as something that would not have been permissible a decade ago.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
• That's what the court said is not permissible under the second amendment.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
• The case may force us to scrutinize those ways in which making money is no longer permissible.
  — Norman Mailer, Daily Intelligencer, 30 June 2017
• Every week seems to throw up another question of what is — or should be — permissible.
  — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
• Micro Star doesn’t have anything to say about whether those levels are a permissible fair use.
  — Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 9 May 2018
• Sports gambling is permissible now in 38 states.
  — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
• Molieri is not the only person who wants to use rattlesnakes beyond what’s permissible.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
• There is only one instance when a drone is permissible to use—to aid in the recovery of a deer after it's been hunted.
  — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2024
• If all beings are worthy, then all count in the calculation of what is morally permissible – and what is not.
  — Kathleen Dean Moore, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2021
• The court then balanced the need to search against the intrusiveness of the search, and ruled that what Savoy did was permissible.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2007
• What is permissible and what is not permissible.
  — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 14 Sep. 2025
• That was only the most recent of high court cases involving the question of when prayer on public grounds is and isn’t permissible.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
• So 26 years later, some boundaries should be established for what is permissible fan conduct and what is not.
  — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• While tripping with the foot is not allowed, an ankle tap, which is performed with the hand, is considered a tackle and is permissible.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
• But since it is not considered permissible to have red on a blue background, according to heraldry, the red cross had to be bordered with white.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
• The risk paid off with a nomination, though not a trophy, and helped push the boundaries of what was permissible in movies in ways that would never be pushed back.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
• The risk paid off with a nomination, though not a trophy, and helped push the boundaries of what was permissible in movies in ways that would never be pushed back.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
• And gun control is permissible, according to the Supreme Court.
  — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2017
• West, Guisti and Hosek were all told that the use of religious headgear was permissible, Mayes said.
  — Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 14 May 2021
• Coach Cathy George believed the permissible amount had changed from $15 to $20.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2017
• And at a time of great social and technological change, staying on the right side of the line of permissible speech can be difficult.
  — Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020
• Whether the deal is permissible under the terms of the accord will be debated at a trial set for May 14.
  — Bloomberg.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• Trump fired both within weeks of taking office but did not cite any permissible reason, such as neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.
  — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Dec. 2025