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
  • 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 | Jbean@al.com, 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
  • The doggy nook is right off the kitchen door to allow the dogs easy passage.
    Sarah Sekula, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • Allen struck out four and allowed a run on three hits and a walk in 6 2/3 innings.
    Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2018
  • Five's power allows him to jump through space and time.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 25 Feb. 2019
  • Rothrock allowed one run on one hit with a walk and six strikeouts.
    Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2023
  • Fields went four innings and allowed two hits and one run.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 17 May 2023
  • Unlike all of them, Paula is allowed to grow up and take charge.
    Gabriella Fuller, ELLE Decor, 16 Oct. 2018
  • The sale will be set up outdoors and spread out to allow for safe and easy shopping.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2020

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