How to Use permissive in a Sentence

permissive

adjective

• Some states have more permissive laws than others.
• On the other hand, Group B was a much more permissive take.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2018
• So, what drove the West’s permissive-for-their-times voting laws?
  — Jessica Flores, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2020
• All of you are from states where there are fairly permissive gun laws.
  — CBS News, 22 Jan. 2023
• The other three proposals -- all filed in the House -- would be much more permissive of guns.
  — Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• Cruz's blockade was meant as a protest against Biden's permissive stance on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 18 Dec. 2021
• Counties can be stricter than their state tier, but not more permissive.
  — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 22 Sep. 2020
• In some places people are less permissive than their laws.
  — The Economist, 26 May 2018
• Florida is one of the most permissive states in the country for gun purchasers.
  — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Mar. 2018
• And in some quarters of Wall Street, such as hedge funds, the code has typically been more permissive.
  — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
• And other research shows that police are more likely to be killed in the line of duty in states with more permissive gun laws.
  — Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, 30 July 2019
• That’s not because more people agree with more permissive gun laws.
  — German Lopez, Vox, 24 Mar. 2018
• Some countries in this group are more permissive than others.
  — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
• The main cause of a child being spoiled is when a parent is too lenient or what’s called permissive parenting.
  — Denise Schipani, Parents, 3 Nov. 2023
• At least that’s a bit more permissive of my impending glutathione habit.
  — NBC News, 5 Feb. 2018
• Mississippi's gun laws are among the most permissive in the country.
  — Priya Krishnakumar, CNN, 28 Dec. 2021
• Some say the companies have been too permissive with state media.
  — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Gerrit De Vynck, Taylor Telford, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2022
• The stability- and traction-control systems maintain order but can't be switched to a more permissive sport mode.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023
• At the same time, the state’s gun laws have become increasingly permissive.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022
• Some counties, such as Orange County, will be as permissive on masks as the state allows.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• In the rulings, the court’s Democrats take a more permissive view and Republicans a narrower one.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2021
• Generally, the study linked permissive laws, like those in Utah, to more outbreaks.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
• Even with permissive zoning laws, many entrepreneurs are still sorting out how to obtain a license from the state.
  — Kyle Stokes, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
• That’s more permissive than the laws of nearly every country in Europe.
  — Edward Whelan, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2021
• Gab's permissive rules have attracted far-right figures like Richard Spencer and David Duke.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2018
• These rules are more permissive than those published just a few months earlier.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
• Meanwhile, big cities such as Dallas and Houston, are in red states with largely permissive gun laws.
  — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
• As the culture of college sports has become more permissive to transfers, players who has not found a role by their third year often choose to move on.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2022
• Moore believes this absolutely plays a role in why many grandparents can be more permissive.
  — Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 29 Sep. 2024
• The cases highlight the complex factors that lead to teen violence and the frustrating weaknesses of the systems that are meant to prevent it within a permissive gun culture.
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024