Sentence examples for permitting themselves from inspiring English sources

Faced with evidence of frailty in the American project, in the institutions and norms from which they have benefitted, some are permitting themselves to imagine failure.

In the last few weeks, since the new Iraqi government took over, the hair-trigger tension has slackened, and many Iraqis are permitting themselves the luxury of hope in the midst of a long and unpleasant occupation.

They permit themselves only two meals out a week.

At times, the Prohibitionists permitted themselves to express their frustration in less conciliatory terms.

These animals beg for food, and some even permit themselves to be petted.

They would not permit themselves to be "forced" by their parents "into loveless marriages to satisfy social ambition".

Following the 4th-century theologians Evagrius Ponticus and John Cassian, Christian mystics permitted themselves only a much reduced program.

Should diners permit themselves a discount in exchange for being experimented upon, even if the experiment was pleasurable?

The central bank embodies a dream even the founders of what is today the European Union never permitted themselves.

The men permitted themselves the luxury of iPods, as well as a deck of cards and a few mementos.

But by highlighting the real people making history, these stars permitted themselves to look small -- something the famous rarely do.