Sentence examples for okayed from inspiring English sources
The word 'okayed' is correct and usable in written English
It is a form of the verb 'okay', which means to approve of or agree to something. For example: Before the project was okayed by the board, we had to make a few changes to the proposal.
This newspaper's style calls for the punctilious (and closest to the original) form: O.K. My own strong preference is the form that looks most simply like a word, whose pronunciation is clear, and which doesn't call for an apostrophe in extensions like "okayed" and "okays": Okay.
He said it had all been okayed by the Pentagon, even by Donald Rumsfeld.
At first his application was okayed, but then the Lebanese Embassy called him back, and one of the secretaries told him that, as a Jew, he would have a very hard time getting into Lebanon.
Every item had to be okayed with them before you spent the money.
Although the group's bassist has apparently okayed the movie's screenplay, he "doesn't want to" participate in the project, or even a possible new Queen album.
This wasn't just one of the numerous petty insults we are used to every day but something that was thought out for months, strategised, okayed by multiple people.
A doctor has been giving Hartsfield experimental drugs – "there was no downside as long as he kept the results to himself until human trials were okayed.
The Ashton score – Saracens' England wing would run in a second with four minutes to go – came from an apparent forward pass by Chris Wyles that was subjected to umpteen reviews by the television match official before the referee Wayne Barnes okayed it.
Male or female, whoever it was who came up with this — and the many people who okayed it — just don't get it.
"Obviously, the Tour has been in touch with the sponsors Barclays and they've okayed reducing the event to 54 holes.
If the (well-vetted and moderator-okayed) audience members aren't interested in that question, who is?
