Sentence examples for permitting themselves to from inspiring English sources

On the left, people are permitting themselves to talk about racism and sexism more directly than in recent times.

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.

But courts cannot permit themselves to be deceived.

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".

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

Whatever their cost, watches are one of the few types of jewelry that men permit themselves to own, Professor Drèze said.

On Fair Isle, the 10th-largest of Shetland's 15 inhabited islands, the locals don't permit themselves to gloat even when occasion gives them reason to.

It seems the only way modern listeners can permit themselves to enjoy these "discredited" styles is in the form of camp (Rat Pack/lounge revivalists, for example).

Christmas Day was the one day the group permitted themselves to drink alcohol, enjoying a few glasses of wine and beers pushed through a window from wellwishers.