How to Use allot in a Sentence

allot

verb

• The newspaper will allot a full page to each of the three mayoral candidates.
• Each speaker will be allotted 15 minutes.
• But would the conflict breach the two Y.M.C.A. lanes allotted to the team?
  — Miriam Jordan Afif Amireh, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• It has been allotted three hours for many years, though the length of the 2025 show has not been announced.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2024
• It has been allotted three hours for many years, though the length of the 2025 show has not been announced.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024
• The studio will have allotted drop-off times or set up a drop box for the items that need to be fired.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2020
• Even Wyoming allotted three-and-a-half times more money, the study found.
  — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
• The State Department had allotted 10 hours of time on the ground.
  — Washington Post, 14 May 2018
• The bustier’s stitching allotted a bit of depth and detail to the clean-cut look.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 Feb. 2024
• The gardens were beautiful and many took a tram ride to try and see as much of the gardens in the time allotted.
  — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2023
• The Allahabad high court in 1935 had allotted the legal right over the land on which the mosque stands to the Hindu king of Varanasi.
  — Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, 9 Nov. 2019
• Picks 4 to 14 will then be allotted in reverse order of the teams’ records.
  — Benjamin Hoffman and Victor Mather, New York Times, 16 May 2018
• Spending of the money allotted for the fund has dropped in recent years as well.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
• As one poster from the era explained it, people over 12 were allotted 2½ pounds of beef, veal, lamb and pork a week.
  — NBC News, 1 May 2020
• The new approach would allot them to applicants who earn the highest wages.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 23 June 2020
• Picks 5 through 14 will then be allotted in reverse order of the teams’ records.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 15 May 2023
• The time allotted for updating the rules is coming to an end.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
• Instead, try allotting up to a fifth of your daily calorie allowance to the sweet of your choice.
  — Kristine Thomason, Health, 2 Nov. 2023
• In this context, a speech expands or contracts to fit the time allotted.
  — Readers, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2023
• The seven-minute film asks what kind of place society should allot to the most painful or shameful parts of its past.
  — Güzin Kar, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2021
• The company that recorded the book allotted me 100 hours in front of the microphone.
  — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• In all, the players and coaches were allotted 78 pairs of shoes this season.
  — Joel Odom, OregonLive.com, 1 Apr. 2018
• Still to be revealed in addition to the name of the Boston team is how the 18 players will be allotted among all six teams.
  — Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
• It’s as simple as allotting a certain amount of time away from your phone.
  — Maya Allen, Marie Claire, 17 July 2019
• The game is the final of 15 practice sessions allotted before the fall.
  — Carter Karels, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2018
• The means and the budget Moscow has allotted for its dark ambitions in Ukraine are stretched thin.
  — Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2023
• The reps that will be scrutinized the most in camp, however, will be those allotted to Daniels.
  — Nicki Jhabvala, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
• In total, the Koch network is allotting $20 million to sell the benefits of the tax law.
  — Alana Abramson, Time, 24 Apr. 2018
• The Grammys have also allotted ad time to be used by local businesses affected by the fires.
  — Maria Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
• And the court unanimously ruled that Nixon had no authority to spend less than Congress had allotted.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 25 Mar 2025