Sentence examples for to allow from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

to allowed

to acquiesce

to enable

to permit

to allocate

"to allow" is a perfectly valid phrase in written English
It is used to indicate permission for something to occur, or to allow someone to do something. For example, "The teacher allowed the class to take a five-minute break."

Dictionary

to allow

verb

To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

To allow a servant his liberty

synonyms

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Kerry has to allow events to unfold.

The New Yorker

"Are we going to allow that?

The New York Times

"We have to allow them good lives".

The New York Times

The father flatly refuses to allow this.

The New Yorker

Be sure to allow adequate time.

The New York Times

He had to allow her some dignity.

The New Yorker

Another would be to allow more immigration.

The Economist

Licorice is sufficiently plentiful to allow exports.

Encyclopedia Britannica

"We ought to allow it again".

The New York Times

"It's ludicrous to allow any fishing".

The New York Times - Food

A beat to allow for recognition.

The New York Times - Arts

More suggestions(15)

to allowing

to grant

to permits

to facilitating

to allows

to permitting

to enabling

to letting

to grants

to allowable

to granting

to enables

to enabled

to authorize

be permitted

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